diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index a34ebd8312ab89e703cfe85a3820072b4d06c083..8f15fc134040c5ee4865f975cc37dfeffe58360f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ void f2fs_delete_entry(struct f2fs_dir_entry *dentry, struct page *page,
 	if (inode)
 		f2fs_drop_nlink(dir, inode, NULL);
 
-	if (bit_pos == NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK) {
-		truncate_hole(dir, page->index, page->index + 1);
+	if (bit_pos == NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK &&
+			!truncate_hole(dir, page->index, page->index + 1)) {
 		clear_page_dirty_for_io(page);
 		ClearPagePrivate(page);
 		ClearPageUptodate(page);