diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index c787a3f408ab..5dbd874ba3d8 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -3657,9 +3657,6 @@ static int f2fs_reserve_compress_blocks(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (atomic_read(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_compr_blocks))
-		goto out;
-
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi, true);
 
 	inode_lock(inode);
@@ -3669,6 +3666,9 @@ static int f2fs_reserve_compress_blocks(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 		goto unlock_inode;
 	}
 
+	if (atomic_read(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_compr_blocks))
+		goto unlock_inode;
+
 	f2fs_down_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
 	filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
 
@@ -3715,7 +3715,6 @@ static int f2fs_reserve_compress_blocks(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	}
 unlock_inode:
 	inode_unlock(inode);
-out:
 	mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 
 	if (ret >= 0) {