diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index e5c255ba227b..d844a8028527 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ static int get_victim_by_default(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	p.min_segno = NULL_SEGNO;
 	p.min_cost = max_cost = get_max_cost(sbi, &p);
 
+	if (p.max_search == 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (p.alloc_mode == LFS && gc_type == FG_GC) {
 		p.min_segno = check_bg_victims(sbi);
 		if (p.min_segno != NULL_SEGNO)
@@ -329,6 +332,7 @@ got_it:
 				sbi->cur_victim_sec,
 				prefree_segments(sbi), free_segments(sbi));
 	}
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&dirty_i->seglist_lock);
 
 	return (p.min_segno == NULL_SEGNO) ? 0 : 1;