diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 62efbf1b2b62..7ceb6e30fc8c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -3511,7 +3511,8 @@ static int f2fs_release_compress_blocks(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	inode_lock(inode);
 
 	writecount = atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount);
-	if ((filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE && writecount != 1) || writecount) {
+	if ((filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE && writecount != 1) ||
+			(!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && writecount)) {
 		ret = -EBUSY;
 		goto out;
 	}