diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 7b5e402f0a72..af06bda51a54 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -377,6 +377,9 @@ void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		goto no_delete;
 #endif
 
+	remove_ino_entry(sbi, inode->i_ino, APPEND_INO);
+	remove_ino_entry(sbi, inode->i_ino, UPDATE_INO);
+
 	sb_start_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 	set_inode_flag(inode, FI_NO_ALLOC);
 	i_size_write(inode, 0);
@@ -409,10 +412,12 @@ no_delete:
 	invalidate_mapping_pages(NODE_MAPPING(sbi), inode->i_ino, inode->i_ino);
 	if (xnid)
 		invalidate_mapping_pages(NODE_MAPPING(sbi), xnid, xnid);
-	if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_APPEND_WRITE))
-		add_ino_entry(sbi, inode->i_ino, APPEND_INO);
-	if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_UPDATE_WRITE))
-		add_ino_entry(sbi, inode->i_ino, UPDATE_INO);
+	if (inode->i_nlink) {
+		if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_APPEND_WRITE))
+			add_ino_entry(sbi, inode->i_ino, APPEND_INO);
+		if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_UPDATE_WRITE))
+			add_ino_entry(sbi, inode->i_ino, UPDATE_INO);
+	}
 	if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_FREE_NID)) {
 		alloc_nid_failed(sbi, inode->i_ino);
 		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_FREE_NID);