diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
index 33ad25ddd5c442a7875e8eca9b078b363e10d9ce..caf9a6a3fb54f0e0dd4cd63ccf103fd6aef20a70 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ int nilfs_gccache_wait_and_mark_dirty(struct buffer_head *bh)
 int nilfs_init_gcinode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct nilfs_inode_info *ii = NILFS_I(inode);
-	struct the_nilfs *nilfs = NILFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_nilfs;
 
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG;
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_NOFS);
@@ -186,14 +185,6 @@ int nilfs_init_gcinode(struct inode *inode)
 	ii->i_flags = 0;
 	nilfs_bmap_init_gc(ii->i_bmap);
 
-	/*
-	 * Add the inode to GC inode list. Garbage Collection
-	 * is serialized and no two processes manipulate the
-	 * list simultaneously.
-	 */
-	igrab(inode);
-	list_add(&NILFS_I(inode)->i_dirty, &nilfs->ns_gc_inodes);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
index e00d9457c256179279b141868d6ed86494dec24e..b185e937a335471ec224314909a959684f56d174 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ static int nilfs_ioctl_move_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 				   struct nilfs_argv *argv, void *buf)
 {
 	size_t nmembs = argv->v_nmembs;
+	struct the_nilfs *nilfs = NILFS_SB(sb)->s_nilfs;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct nilfs_vdesc *vdesc;
 	struct buffer_head *bh, *n;
@@ -353,6 +354,17 @@ static int nilfs_ioctl_move_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 			ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
 			goto failed;
 		}
+		if (list_empty(&NILFS_I(inode)->i_dirty)) {
+			/*
+			 * Add the inode to GC inode list. Garbage Collection
+			 * is serialized and no two processes manipulate the
+			 * list simultaneously.
+			 */
+			igrab(inode);
+			list_add(&NILFS_I(inode)->i_dirty,
+				 &nilfs->ns_gc_inodes);
+		}
+
 		do {
 			ret = nilfs_ioctl_move_inode_block(inode, vdesc,
 							   &buffers);