diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 6ebdba151f12..64755f49d6e7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1609,6 +1609,11 @@ int recover_inode_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page)
 	struct node_info old_ni, new_ni;
 	struct page *ipage;
 
+	get_node_info(sbi, ino, &old_ni);
+
+	if (unlikely(old_ni.blk_addr != NULL_ADDR))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ipage = grab_cache_page(NODE_MAPPING(sbi), ino);
 	if (!ipage)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1616,7 +1621,6 @@ int recover_inode_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page)
 	/* Should not use this inode  from free nid list */
 	remove_free_nid(NM_I(sbi), ino);
 
-	get_node_info(sbi, ino, &old_ni);
 	SetPageUptodate(ipage);
 	fill_node_footer(ipage, ino, ino, 0, true);