diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 72f227f6ebad094c1712efae3eeedb0e2d47d7ba..8719f2e2e64ed2ddc1ee2a45f2f877613f9b2e43 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -1429,7 +1429,8 @@ static int 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)) {
 				set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
 				continue;
 			}