diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 7e9fafd44cbc..a3e2ce5a6b22 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -1195,10 +1195,10 @@ int f2fs_map_blocks(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_map_blocks *map,
 		if (test_opt(sbi, LFS) && flag == F2FS_GET_BLOCK_DIO &&
 							map->m_may_create) {
 			err = __allocate_data_block(&dn, map->m_seg_type);
-			if (!err) {
-				blkaddr = dn.data_blkaddr;
-				set_inode_flag(inode, FI_APPEND_WRITE);
-			}
+			if (err)
+				goto sync_out;
+			blkaddr = dn.data_blkaddr;
+			set_inode_flag(inode, FI_APPEND_WRITE);
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (create) {