diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index bfbf66675ce2fbab6a71fd4714f46cea887706d5..7208978d772061519924f766e182610583f72a5f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -486,6 +486,9 @@ void f2fs_balance_fs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool need)
 
 void f2fs_balance_fs_bg(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
+	if (unlikely(is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_POR_DOING)))
+		return;
+
 	/* try to shrink extent cache when there is no enough memory */
 	if (!available_free_memory(sbi, EXTENT_CACHE))
 		f2fs_shrink_extent_tree(sbi, EXTENT_CACHE_SHRINK_NUMBER);