diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index ad5fde39d3bd..5fffc2268964 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ struct inode *f2fs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	}
 	f2fs_set_inode_flags(inode);
 
-	if (file_should_truncate(inode)) {
+	if (file_should_truncate(inode) &&
+			!is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_POR_DOING)) {
 		ret = f2fs_truncate(inode);
 		if (ret)
 			goto bad_inode;