diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 1ca332455ee2ae119a6c520fa386211bcddb1c64..6ed3263eeee8df0e28e3df4e0f8bfbfcde6a255d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ static int gc_thread_func(void *data)
 		/* if return value is not zero, no victim was selected */
 		if (f2fs_gc(sbi))
 			wait_ms = GC_THREAD_NOGC_SLEEP_TIME;
-		else if (wait_ms == GC_THREAD_NOGC_SLEEP_TIME)
-			wait_ms = GC_THREAD_MAX_SLEEP_TIME;
-
 	} while (!kthread_should_stop());
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.h b/fs/f2fs/gc.h
index 30b2db003acd46c4ef5c637bfc29a37f5217cf5d..2c6a6bd0832244f4bb1e45b52cd41400e87fe363 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.h
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 						 * whether IO subsystem is idle
 						 * or not
 						 */
-#define GC_THREAD_MIN_SLEEP_TIME	10000 /* milliseconds */
-#define GC_THREAD_MAX_SLEEP_TIME	30000
-#define GC_THREAD_NOGC_SLEEP_TIME	10000
+#define GC_THREAD_MIN_SLEEP_TIME	30000	/* milliseconds */
+#define GC_THREAD_MAX_SLEEP_TIME	60000
+#define GC_THREAD_NOGC_SLEEP_TIME	300000	/* wait 5 min */
 #define LIMIT_INVALID_BLOCK	40 /* percentage over total user space */
 #define LIMIT_FREE_BLOCK	40 /* percentage over invalid + free space */
 
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ static inline block_t limit_free_user_blocks(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 static inline long increase_sleep_time(long wait)
 {
+	if (wait == GC_THREAD_NOGC_SLEEP_TIME)
+		return wait;
+
 	wait += GC_THREAD_MIN_SLEEP_TIME;
 	if (wait > GC_THREAD_MAX_SLEEP_TIME)
 		wait = GC_THREAD_MAX_SLEEP_TIME;
@@ -66,6 +69,9 @@ static inline long increase_sleep_time(long wait)
 
 static inline long decrease_sleep_time(long wait)
 {
+	if (wait == GC_THREAD_NOGC_SLEEP_TIME)
+		wait = GC_THREAD_MAX_SLEEP_TIME;
+
 	wait -= GC_THREAD_MIN_SLEEP_TIME;
 	if (wait <= GC_THREAD_MIN_SLEEP_TIME)
 		wait = GC_THREAD_MIN_SLEEP_TIME;