diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 700c39ec99f5..38299ccfdf6e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -998,8 +998,10 @@ next_step:
 			bool locked = false;
 
 			if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
-				if (!down_write_trylock(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[READ]))
+				if (!down_write_trylock(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[READ])) {
+					sbi->skipped_gc_rwsem++;
 					continue;
+				}
 				if (!down_write_trylock(
 						&fi->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE])) {
 					sbi->skipped_gc_rwsem++;