diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 6c208108d69c18b3fc7622f85d7606b3088f3720..7f6745f4630e7c2ff0cc1fe2b3733fae221faf27 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -1639,8 +1639,11 @@ int f2fs_write_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct cp_control *cpc)
 
 	/* write cached NAT/SIT entries to NAT/SIT area */
 	err = f2fs_flush_nat_entries(sbi, cpc);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		f2fs_err(sbi, "f2fs_flush_nat_entries failed err:%d, stop checkpoint", err);
+		f2fs_bug_on(sbi, !f2fs_cp_error(sbi));
 		goto stop;
+	}
 
 	f2fs_flush_sit_entries(sbi, cpc);
 
@@ -1648,10 +1651,13 @@ int f2fs_write_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct cp_control *cpc)
 	f2fs_save_inmem_curseg(sbi);
 
 	err = do_checkpoint(sbi, cpc);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		f2fs_err(sbi, "do_checkpoint failed err:%d, stop checkpoint", err);
+		f2fs_bug_on(sbi, !f2fs_cp_error(sbi));
 		f2fs_release_discard_addrs(sbi);
-	else
+	} else {
 		f2fs_clear_prefree_segments(sbi, cpc);
+	}
 
 	f2fs_restore_inmem_curseg(sbi);
 stop:
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 1b4c482d08e24fb166f78727bfa36c2fc82d56b5..d24fd5045712ec824af5c9c7fd91f52e482916a9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ enum {
 					 */
 };
 
-#define DEFAULT_RETRY_IO_COUNT	8	/* maximum retry read IO count */
+#define DEFAULT_RETRY_IO_COUNT	8	/* maximum retry read IO or flush count */
 
 /* congestion wait timeout value, default: 20ms */
 #define	DEFAULT_IO_TIMEOUT	(msecs_to_jiffies(20))
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 80f26158e3048c299d7e5616bb68de02a6e06d9a..ca9876a6d3964d4b36cf8ad03780fc9eb06328d2 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -776,11 +776,22 @@ int f2fs_flush_device_cache(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		return 0;
 
 	for (i = 1; i < sbi->s_ndevs; i++) {
+		int count = DEFAULT_RETRY_IO_COUNT;
+
 		if (!f2fs_test_bit(i, (char *)&sbi->dirty_device))
 			continue;
-		ret = __submit_flush_wait(sbi, FDEV(i).bdev);
-		if (ret)
+
+		do {
+			ret = __submit_flush_wait(sbi, FDEV(i).bdev);
+			if (ret)
+				congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC,
+						DEFAULT_IO_TIMEOUT);
+		} while (ret && --count);
+
+		if (ret) {
+			f2fs_stop_checkpoint(sbi, false);
 			break;
+		}
 
 		spin_lock(&sbi->dev_lock);
 		f2fs_clear_bit(i, (char *)&sbi->dirty_device);