diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index e53c784ab11e384866c1a7b7dce9ed39bd2fe9a1..868d71436ebc2a7bb1c6a5a06af395564edd86c3 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -425,9 +425,10 @@ void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_FREE_NID)) {
 		alloc_nid_failed(sbi, inode->i_ino);
 		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_FREE_NID);
+	} else {
+		f2fs_bug_on(sbi, err &&
+			!exist_written_data(sbi, inode->i_ino, ORPHAN_INO));
 	}
-	f2fs_bug_on(sbi, err &&
-		!exist_written_data(sbi, inode->i_ino, ORPHAN_INO));
 out_clear:
 	fscrypt_put_encryption_info(inode, NULL);
 	clear_inode(inode);