diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 80f9863dc4b0cf8b7561b65fe139d33b8084a05e..9e51c5e40ce16e36569286cecdd0729ec56f2b46 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -1414,9 +1414,12 @@ static int __write_data_page(struct page *page, bool *submitted,
 		goto redirty_out;
 
 	err = -EAGAIN;
-	f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
-	if (f2fs_has_inline_data(inode))
+	if (f2fs_has_inline_data(inode)) {
 		err = f2fs_write_inline_data(inode, page);
+		if (!err)
+			goto out;
+	}
+	f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
 	if (err == -EAGAIN)
 		err = do_write_data_page(&fio);
 	if (F2FS_I(inode)->last_disk_size < psize)