diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 8742c028acc69ca560bc3176bc3e7700389891ef..41a6f1f704167fdb333894144ec2e4454c868cb7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -2750,6 +2750,7 @@ static ssize_t f2fs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 
 		err = f2fs_preallocate_blocks(iocb, from);
 		if (err) {
+			clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_NO_PREALLOC);
 			inode_unlock(inode);
 			return err;
 		}