diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 2db9380f5ddaf026df5771fa8c4cecb3274734ef..61b44542417cd09cac3084c8be719b974117c086 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 {
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	bool locked = false;
 	int ret;
 	long excess_nrtw = 0, desired_nrtw;
 
@@ -590,10 +591,12 @@ static int f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		wbc->nr_to_write = desired_nrtw;
 	}
 
-	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		mutex_lock(&sbi->writepages);
+		locked = true;
+	}
 	ret = write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, __f2fs_writepage, mapping);
-	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+	if (locked)
 		mutex_unlock(&sbi->writepages);
 	f2fs_submit_bio(sbi, DATA, (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL));
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 4aa26e53c935338b8b063297287350d8689ee337..47abc9722b17abfae9656b3d5d52360fc8e72ad8 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ static struct inode *f2fs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 fail:
 	trace_f2fs_new_inode(inode, err);
+	make_bad_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	if (nid_free)
 		alloc_nid_failed(sbi, ino);
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ static int f2fs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 out:
 	clear_nlink(inode);
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	make_bad_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	alloc_nid_failed(sbi, ino);
 	return err;
@@ -190,6 +192,7 @@ static int f2fs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	return 0;
 out:
 	clear_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_INC_LINK);
+	make_bad_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -295,6 +298,7 @@ static int f2fs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 out:
 	clear_nlink(inode);
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	make_bad_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	alloc_nid_failed(sbi, inode->i_ino);
 	return err;
@@ -335,6 +339,7 @@ static int f2fs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	clear_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_INC_LINK);
 	clear_nlink(inode);
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	make_bad_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	alloc_nid_failed(sbi, inode->i_ino);
 	return err;
@@ -382,6 +387,7 @@ static int f2fs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 out:
 	clear_nlink(inode);
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	make_bad_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	alloc_nid_failed(sbi, inode->i_ino);
 	return err;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 5835aaf2fe2e3d0ababca0ffcf5b5e0545d39456..cd0e89a1ff8f18c4c51668f2aec0f2fda89b43c1 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ static struct inode *f2fs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &fi->vfs_inode;
 }
 
+static int f2fs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	/*
+	 * This is to avoid a deadlock condition like below.
+	 * writeback_single_inode(inode)
+	 *  - f2fs_write_data_page
+	 *    - f2fs_gc -> iput -> evict
+	 *       - inode_wait_for_writeback(inode)
+	 */
+	if (!inode_unhashed(inode) && inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
+		return 0;
+	return generic_drop_inode(inode);
+}
+
 static void f2fs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
@@ -232,6 +246,7 @@ static int f2fs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root)
 
 static struct super_operations f2fs_sops = {
 	.alloc_inode	= f2fs_alloc_inode,
+	.drop_inode	= f2fs_drop_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= f2fs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= f2fs_write_inode,
 	.show_options	= f2fs_show_options,