diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index e10f61684ea4..393039fdb26d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ void f2fs_balance_fs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool need)
 
 void f2fs_balance_fs_bg(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
+	if (unlikely(is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_POR_DOING)))
+		return;
+
 	/* try to shrink extent cache when there is no enough memory */
 	if (!available_free_memory(sbi, EXTENT_CACHE))
 		f2fs_shrink_extent_tree(sbi, EXTENT_CACHE_SHRINK_NUMBER);