diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index b70bbe1a6a8ca6a31f854c5efd4d8fa7495a64a2..de7a0d6a371ad9e0d4d5eb12ce7217a7f4028af3 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -704,7 +704,8 @@ void update_dirty_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 	struct inode_entry *new;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
+			!S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
 		return;
 
 	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index a8327ed7389873481c560e98c1059406c37661cc..516220454a4ee805d8df491f38e31b8ea15a995e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -1039,7 +1039,8 @@ static inline void dec_page_count(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int count_type)
 
 static inline void inode_dec_dirty_pages(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
+			!S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
 		return;
 
 	atomic_dec(&F2FS_I(inode)->dirty_pages);