diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index b99e318bce584b0c4b0adad3114fb1f17ddcdee2..98351a4a4da3f41d00fa3e3256ce741b59e6d715 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1955,6 +1955,9 @@ static void __build_free_nids(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool sync, bool mount)
 	int i = 0;
 	nid_t nid = nm_i->next_scan_nid;
 
+	if (unlikely(nid >= nm_i->max_nid))
+		nid = 0;
+
 	/* Enough entries */
 	if (nm_i->nid_cnt[FREE_NID_LIST] >= NAT_ENTRY_PER_BLOCK)
 		return;