diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 85ebdd0e3e7c0..3ffe8d83f29f4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1926,8 +1926,12 @@ int f2fs_sync_node_pages(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 				goto continue_unlock;
 			}
 
-			/* flush inline_data, if it's async context. */
-			if (do_balance && is_inline_node(page)) {
+			/* flush inline_data/inode, if it's async context. */
+			if (!do_balance)
+				goto write_node;
+
+			/* flush inline_data */
+			if (is_inline_node(page)) {
 				clear_inline_node(page);
 				unlock_page(page);
 				flush_inline_data(sbi, ino_of_node(page));
@@ -1940,7 +1944,7 @@ int f2fs_sync_node_pages(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 				if (flush_dirty_inode(page))
 					goto lock_node;
 			}
-
+write_node:
 			f2fs_wait_on_page_writeback(page, NODE, true, true);
 
 			if (!clear_page_dirty_for_io(page))