diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 1333ef740034..fe9f29e3263e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2267,9 +2267,10 @@ restore_flag:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
+static int f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
 	int retry = DEFAULT_RETRY_IO_COUNT;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* we should flush all the data to keep data consistency */
 	do {
@@ -2287,10 +2288,14 @@ static void f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_IS_DIRTY);
 	f2fs_up_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
 
-	f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, 1);
+	ret = f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, 1);
+	if (ret)
+		f2fs_err(sbi, "%s sync_fs failed, ret: %d", __func__, ret);
 
 	/* Let's ensure there's no pending checkpoint anymore */
 	f2fs_flush_ckpt_thread(sbi);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int f2fs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
@@ -2511,7 +2516,9 @@ static int f2fs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 			if (err)
 				goto restore_discard;
 		} else {
-			f2fs_enable_checkpoint(sbi);
+			err = f2fs_enable_checkpoint(sbi);
+			if (err)
+				goto restore_discard;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -4689,13 +4696,12 @@ reset_checkpoint:
 	/* f2fs_recover_fsync_data() cleared this already */
 	clear_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_POR_DOING);
 
-	if (test_opt(sbi, DISABLE_CHECKPOINT)) {
+	if (test_opt(sbi, DISABLE_CHECKPOINT))
 		err = f2fs_disable_checkpoint(sbi);
-		if (err)
-			goto sync_free_meta;
-	} else if (is_set_ckpt_flags(sbi, CP_DISABLED_FLAG)) {
-		f2fs_enable_checkpoint(sbi);
-	}
+	else if (is_set_ckpt_flags(sbi, CP_DISABLED_FLAG))
+		err = f2fs_enable_checkpoint(sbi);
+	if (err)
+		goto sync_free_meta;
 
 	/*
 	 * If filesystem is not mounted as read-only then