diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 7dd2b9d78a45e3162790031ed45a2f63e13e5396..ac9110788b175d64591b1a0ad711fc810060344d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ static void build_free_nids(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		if (unlikely(nid >= nm_i->max_nid))
 			nid = 0;
 
-		if (i++ == FREE_NID_PAGES)
+		if (++i >= FREE_NID_PAGES)
 			break;
 	}