diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index cda7c7ccd4c8..1f21aae80c40 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,7 @@ static void flush_inline_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct page *page;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* should flush inline_data before evict_inode */
 	inode = ilookup(sbi->sb, ino);
@@ -1216,9 +1217,9 @@ static void flush_inline_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino)
 	if (!clear_page_dirty_for_io(page))
 		goto page_out;
 
-	if (!f2fs_write_inline_data(inode, page))
-		inode_dec_dirty_pages(inode);
-	else
+	ret = f2fs_write_inline_data(inode, page);
+	inode_dec_dirty_pages(inode);
+	if (ret)
 		set_page_dirty(page);
 page_out:
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);