diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index e8ba98a18598..f6b133f373db 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1808,16 +1808,18 @@ static int f2fs_expand_inode_data(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
 
 		map.m_len = sec_blks;
 next_alloc:
+		f2fs_down_write(&sbi->pin_sem);
+
 		if (has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0,
 			GET_SEC_FROM_SEG(sbi, overprovision_segments(sbi)))) {
 			f2fs_down_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
 			err = f2fs_gc(sbi, &gc_control);
-			if (err && err != -ENODATA)
+			if (err && err != -ENODATA) {
+				f2fs_up_write(&sbi->pin_sem);
 				goto out_err;
+			}
 		}
 
-		f2fs_down_write(&sbi->pin_sem);
-
 		f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
 		f2fs_allocate_new_section(sbi, CURSEG_COLD_DATA_PINNED, false);
 		f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);