diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 6edcf8391dd3da6922a5845680b0b93c4b480359..d161f5a8b3d6ede531a76fc4c80fee4b6dd60072 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -620,7 +620,9 @@ int f2fs_issue_flush(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!test_opt(sbi, FLUSH_MERGE)) {
+		atomic_inc(&fcc->issing_flush);
 		ret = submit_flush_wait(sbi, ino);
+		atomic_dec(&fcc->issing_flush);
 		atomic_inc(&fcc->issued_flush);
 		return ret;
 	}