diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index e2f9b2b12b74..9172112d6246 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -966,9 +966,11 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool sync, bool background)
 		 * threshold, we can make them free by checkpoint. Then, we
 		 * secure free segments which doesn't need fggc any more.
 		 */
-		ret = write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc);
-		if (ret)
-			goto stop;
+		if (prefree_segments(sbi)) {
+			ret = write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc);
+			if (ret)
+				goto stop;
+		}
 		if (has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0, 0))
 			gc_type = FG_GC;
 	}