diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 700c39ec99f5a71ae56d05621d8ffa5f1f714d11..f4f7b8feebefc7268caec840e6c925f3f11c9ef5 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -953,7 +953,8 @@ static void gc_data_segment(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct f2fs_summary *sum,
 
 		if (phase == 3) {
 			inode = f2fs_iget(sb, dni.ino);
-			if (IS_ERR(inode) || is_bad_inode(inode))
+			if (IS_ERR(inode) || is_bad_inode(inode) ||
+					special_file(inode->i_mode))
 				continue;
 
 			if (!down_write_trylock(