diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 79dc38eacb19..e2c9555f8bd6 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -1481,6 +1481,13 @@ next_step:
 					special_file(inode->i_mode))
 				continue;
 
+			if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_PIN_FILE) &&
+							gc_type == FG_GC) {
+				f2fs_pin_file_control(inode, true);
+				iput(inode);
+				return submitted;
+			}
+
 			if (!f2fs_down_write_trylock(
 				&F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE])) {
 				iput(inode);