diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index a3302e2888dc..317820239111 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -655,9 +655,9 @@ int f2fs_do_tmpfile(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
 
 	clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEW_INODE);
+	f2fs_update_time(F2FS_I_SB(inode), REQ_TIME);
 fail:
 	up_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_sem);
-	f2fs_update_time(F2FS_I_SB(inode), REQ_TIME);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 834f87e75dff..040c9667347e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static int f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		SetPageUptodate(page);
 
 	f2fs_update_iostat(sbi, APP_MAPPED_IO, F2FS_BLKSIZE);
+	f2fs_update_time(sbi, REQ_TIME);
 
 	trace_f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(page, DATA);
 out_sem:
@@ -117,7 +118,6 @@ out_sem:
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi, dn.node_changed);
 
 	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
-	f2fs_update_time(sbi, REQ_TIME);
 err:
 	return block_page_mkwrite_return(err);
 }