diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 63f7a7238442..00a69b555daf 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -1476,6 +1476,13 @@ next_step:
 			if (IS_ERR(inode) || is_bad_inode(inode))
 				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);