diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 27edf59ac12cd2b2c724e262a49533a341641eda..a05aa65cfc2c4e644be06fef9a96ae773167c069 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ static inline int f2fs_clear_bit(unsigned int nr, char *addr)
 /* used for f2fs_inode_info->flags */
 enum {
 	FI_NEW_INODE,		/* indicate newly allocated inode */
+	FI_DIRTY_INODE,		/* indicate inode is dirty or not */
 	FI_INC_LINK,		/* need to increment i_nlink */
 	FI_ACL_MODE,		/* indicate acl mode */
 	FI_NO_ALLOC,		/* should not allocate any blocks */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 2f649b8485219fa3470d7e1632d36092baf7e31a..fda226ff1849c324507231ef37551ef4a2dcece4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ int f2fs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	} else {
 		/* if there is no written node page, write its inode page */
 		while (!sync_node_pages(sbi, inode->i_ino, &wbc)) {
+			mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 			ret = f2fs_write_inode(inode, NULL);
 			if (ret)
 				goto out;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index b44a4c1194eae3777fd7630fae217f1c82da706b..2b2d45d19e3ea1e1101ff893a2ce9e0f19e607ea 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ void update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *node_page)
 
 	set_cold_node(inode, node_page);
 	set_page_dirty(node_page);
+	clear_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_DIRTY_INODE);
 }
 
 int update_inode_page(struct inode *inode)
@@ -217,6 +218,9 @@ int f2fs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 			inode->i_ino == F2FS_META_INO(sbi))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!is_inode_flag_set(F2FS_I(inode), FI_DIRTY_INODE))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (wbc)
 		f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 4fdcdff45e6a10b093477d2c73b7ab9ccd0bdf5e..ba56549bb2f35173d2dbc668f4ee1843b14db6ee 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -112,6 +112,17 @@ static int f2fs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	return generic_drop_inode(inode);
 }
 
+/*
+ * f2fs_dirty_inode() is called from __mark_inode_dirty()
+ *
+ * We should call set_dirty_inode to write the dirty inode through write_inode.
+ */
+static void f2fs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
+{
+	set_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_DIRTY_INODE);
+	return;
+}
+
 static void f2fs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
@@ -249,6 +260,7 @@ static struct super_operations f2fs_sops = {
 	.drop_inode	= f2fs_drop_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= f2fs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= f2fs_write_inode,
+	.dirty_inode	= f2fs_dirty_inode,
 	.show_options	= f2fs_show_options,
 	.evict_inode	= f2fs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= f2fs_put_super,