diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 3afc8a707ba53966159353c437c572526d393831..0b6bfe57c21f34b122054df32f03012f807b10e4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -2193,6 +2193,9 @@ static inline struct bio *f2fs_bio_alloc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 
 static inline bool is_idle(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
 {
+	if (sbi->gc_mode == GC_URGENT)
+		return true;
+
 	if (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_RD_DATA) || get_pages(sbi, F2FS_RD_NODE) ||
 		get_pages(sbi, F2FS_RD_META) || get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WB_DATA) ||
 		get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WB_CP_DATA) ||