diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index f116150e45e31a834d273fb07d406d11a8902077..c2973a1dead685c6af6be42ae6eee6dedcc90eed 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3289,7 +3289,7 @@ void f2fs_get_new_segment(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 			unsigned int *newseg, bool new_sec, int dir);
 void f2fs_allocate_segment_for_resize(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type,
 					unsigned int start, unsigned int end);
-void f2fs_allocate_new_segment(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type);
+void f2fs_allocate_new_section(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type);
 void f2fs_allocate_new_segments(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi);
 int f2fs_trim_fs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct fstrim_range *range);
 bool f2fs_exist_trim_candidates(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index df963686c4dcc5f224dd26f11cea8985d1c0764b..e926770f89c5b9b814f9cefdc8a94c827c5ce322 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1643,27 +1643,26 @@ static int expand_inode_data(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
 		return 0;
 
 	if (f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode)) {
-		block_t len = (map.m_len >> sbi->log_blocks_per_seg) <<
-					sbi->log_blocks_per_seg;
+		block_t sec_blks = BLKS_PER_SEC(sbi);
+		block_t sec_len = roundup(map.m_len, sec_blks);
 		block_t done = 0;
 
-		if (map.m_len % sbi->blocks_per_seg)
-			len += sbi->blocks_per_seg;
-
-		map.m_len = sbi->blocks_per_seg;
+		map.m_len = sec_blks;
 next_alloc:
 		if (has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0,
 			GET_SEC_FROM_SEG(sbi, overprovision_segments(sbi)))) {
 			down_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
 			err = f2fs_gc(sbi, true, false, false, NULL_SEGNO);
-			if (err && err != -ENODATA && err != -EAGAIN)
+			if (err && err != -ENODATA && err != -EAGAIN) {
+				map.m_len = done;
 				goto out_err;
+			}
 		}
 
 		down_write(&sbi->pin_sem);
 
 		f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
-		f2fs_allocate_new_segment(sbi, CURSEG_COLD_DATA_PINNED);
+		f2fs_allocate_new_section(sbi, CURSEG_COLD_DATA_PINNED);
 		f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
 
 		map.m_seg_type = CURSEG_COLD_DATA_PINNED;
@@ -1672,9 +1671,9 @@ static int expand_inode_data(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
 		up_write(&sbi->pin_sem);
 
 		done += map.m_len;
-		len -= map.m_len;
+		sec_len -= map.m_len;
 		map.m_lblk += map.m_len;
-		if (!err && len)
+		if (!err && sec_len)
 			goto next_alloc;
 
 		map.m_len = done;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index f9e7280c39d9ba610c28848ca08613f3615e047d..d696d4713333c3d6880dcd2f98762fbb1b94619c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -2903,7 +2903,8 @@ void f2fs_allocate_segment_for_resize(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type,
 	up_read(&SM_I(sbi)->curseg_lock);
 }
 
-static void __allocate_new_segment(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
+static void __allocate_new_segment(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type,
+								bool new_sec)
 {
 	struct curseg_info *curseg = CURSEG_I(sbi, type);
 	unsigned int old_segno;
@@ -2911,10 +2912,22 @@ static void __allocate_new_segment(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
 	if (!curseg->inited)
 		goto alloc;
 
-	if (!curseg->next_blkoff &&
-		!get_valid_blocks(sbi, curseg->segno, false) &&
-		!get_ckpt_valid_blocks(sbi, curseg->segno))
-		return;
+	if (curseg->next_blkoff ||
+		get_valid_blocks(sbi, curseg->segno, new_sec))
+		goto alloc;
+
+	if (new_sec) {
+		unsigned int segno = START_SEGNO(curseg->segno);
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < sbi->segs_per_sec; i++, segno++) {
+			if (get_ckpt_valid_blocks(sbi, segno))
+				goto alloc;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (!get_ckpt_valid_blocks(sbi, curseg->segno))
+			return;
+	}
 
 alloc:
 	old_segno = curseg->segno;
@@ -2922,10 +2935,15 @@ static void __allocate_new_segment(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
 	locate_dirty_segment(sbi, old_segno);
 }
 
-void f2fs_allocate_new_segment(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
+static void __allocate_new_section(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
+{
+	__allocate_new_segment(sbi, type, true);
+}
+
+void f2fs_allocate_new_section(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
 {
 	down_write(&SIT_I(sbi)->sentry_lock);
-	__allocate_new_segment(sbi, type);
+	__allocate_new_section(sbi, type);
 	up_write(&SIT_I(sbi)->sentry_lock);
 }
 
@@ -2935,7 +2953,7 @@ void f2fs_allocate_new_segments(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 	down_write(&SIT_I(sbi)->sentry_lock);
 	for (i = CURSEG_HOT_DATA; i <= CURSEG_COLD_DATA; i++)
-		__allocate_new_segment(sbi, i);
+		__allocate_new_segment(sbi, i, false);
 	up_write(&SIT_I(sbi)->sentry_lock);
 }