diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index 0862dfbe6a5d..6ee71a2faa75 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ retry:
 	if (index == F2FS_XATTR_INDEX_ENCRYPTION &&
 			!strcmp(name, F2FS_XATTR_NAME_ENCRYPTION_CONTEXT))
 		f2fs_set_encrypted_inode(inode);
-	if (!error && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_CP);
 
 same: