diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 2a91a7d1760cae25b2e90c7668b92c7ce6a74931..208f1a9bd569b6d2c7afafa20c5a5dff9f9b39d1 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -672,6 +672,8 @@ static int expand_inode_data(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
 	loff_t off_start, off_end;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
+
 	ret = inode_newsize_ok(inode, (len + offset));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;