diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index b1466cf79d07d68ef074598bfa4f9a0cb53378b3..c59341d5539ca76e5a2ea186669506fa943d1170 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static void __set_nat_cache_dirty(struct f2fs_nm_info *nm_i,
 		head->entry_cnt = 0;
 
 		if (radix_tree_insert(&nm_i->nat_set_root, set, head)) {
-			cond_resched();
+			kmem_cache_free(nat_entry_set_slab, head);
 			goto retry;
 		}
 	}