diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 5df336757d6c..710adc987937 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ int f2fs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 sync_nodes:
 	sync_node_pages(sbi, ino, &wbc);
 
+	/* if cp_error was enabled, we should avoid infinite loop */
+	if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi)))
+		goto out;
+
 	if (need_inode_block_update(sbi, ino)) {
 		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 		f2fs_write_inode(inode, NULL);