diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 99cec04fa96eedfbd4675a627f5f5f614ff2e6c0..5e8850edc5cca464b2cabe9d04bb5b8dd02deee1 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ int f2fs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		 * will be used only for fsynced inodes after checkpoint.
 		 */
 		try_to_fix_pino(inode);
+		clear_inode_flag(fi, FI_APPEND_WRITE);
+		clear_inode_flag(fi, FI_UPDATE_WRITE);
 		goto out;
 	}
 sync_nodes: