diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 3c1221c12026..9781e0b9153c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -1150,9 +1150,10 @@ static int f2fs_mpage_readpages(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	for (page_idx = 0; nr_pages; page_idx++, nr_pages--) {
 
-		prefetchw(&page->flags);
 		if (pages) {
 			page = list_last_entry(pages, struct page, lru);
+
+			prefetchw(&page->flags);
 			list_del(&page->lru);
 			if (add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping,
 						  page->index, GFP_KERNEL))