diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
index d7b67b86f60730e21fa9e7839262f27f42e733d2..7ca7aadaa6078cb80cc49bae6bb4143dfb905b62 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ int recover_fsync_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 	/* step #2: recover data */
 	err = recover_data(sbi, &inode_list, CURSEG_WARM_NODE);
-	f2fs_bug_on(!list_empty(&inode_list));
+	if (!err)
+		f2fs_bug_on(!list_empty(&inode_list));
 out:
 	destroy_fsync_dnodes(&inode_list);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(fsync_entry_slab);