diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index ecc3fd0ca6bb..3a1640be7ffc 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -834,6 +834,9 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
 	struct f2fs_gc_kthread	*gc_thread;	/* GC thread */
 	unsigned int cur_victim_sec;		/* current victim section num */
 
+	/* threshold for converting bg victims for fg */
+	u64 fggc_threshold;
+
 	/* maximum # of trials to find a victim segment for SSR and GC */
 	unsigned int max_victim_search;
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 6f14ee923acd..34a69e7ed90b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ static void select_policy(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int gc_type,
 		p->ofs_unit = sbi->segs_per_sec;
 	}
 
-	if (p->max_search > sbi->max_victim_search)
+	/* we need to check every dirty segments in the FG_GC case */
+	if (gc_type != FG_GC && p->max_search > sbi->max_victim_search)
 		p->max_search = sbi->max_victim_search;
 
 	p->offset = sbi->last_victim[p->gc_mode];
@@ -199,6 +200,10 @@ static unsigned int check_bg_victims(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	for_each_set_bit(secno, dirty_i->victim_secmap, MAIN_SECS(sbi)) {
 		if (sec_usage_check(sbi, secno))
 			continue;
+
+		if (no_fggc_candidate(sbi, secno))
+			continue;
+
 		clear_bit(secno, dirty_i->victim_secmap);
 		return secno * sbi->segs_per_sec;
 	}
@@ -322,13 +327,15 @@ static int get_victim_by_default(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 			nsearched++;
 		}
 
-
 		secno = GET_SECNO(sbi, segno);
 
 		if (sec_usage_check(sbi, secno))
 			goto next;
 		if (gc_type == BG_GC && test_bit(secno, dirty_i->victim_secmap))
 			goto next;
+		if (gc_type == FG_GC && p.alloc_mode == LFS &&
+					no_fggc_candidate(sbi, secno))
+			goto next;
 
 		cost = get_gc_cost(sbi, segno, &p);
 
@@ -972,5 +979,16 @@ stop:
 
 void build_gc_manager(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
+	u64 main_count, resv_count, ovp_count, blocks_per_sec;
+
 	DIRTY_I(sbi)->v_ops = &default_v_ops;
+
+	/* threshold of # of valid blocks in a section for victims of FG_GC */
+	main_count = SM_I(sbi)->main_segments << sbi->log_blocks_per_seg;
+	resv_count = SM_I(sbi)->reserved_segments << sbi->log_blocks_per_seg;
+	ovp_count = SM_I(sbi)->ovp_segments << sbi->log_blocks_per_seg;
+	blocks_per_sec = sbi->blocks_per_seg * sbi->segs_per_sec;
+
+	sbi->fggc_threshold = div_u64((main_count - ovp_count) * blocks_per_sec,
+					(main_count - resv_count));
 }
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.h b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
index fecb856ad874..b164f8339281 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
@@ -688,6 +688,15 @@ static inline block_t sum_blk_addr(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int base, int type)
 				- (base + 1) + type;
 }
 
+static inline bool no_fggc_candidate(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
+						unsigned int secno)
+{
+	if (get_valid_blocks(sbi, secno, sbi->segs_per_sec) >=
+						sbi->fggc_threshold)
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline bool sec_usage_check(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int secno)
 {
 	if (IS_CURSEC(sbi, secno) || (sbi->cur_victim_sec == secno))