diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index ef2a567acdac..30e8084da313 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -1552,8 +1552,11 @@ static int __allocate_data_block(struct dnode_of_data *dn, int seg_type)
 	old_blkaddr = dn->data_blkaddr;
 	err = f2fs_allocate_data_block(sbi, NULL, old_blkaddr,
 				&dn->data_blkaddr, &sum, seg_type, NULL);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		if (old_blkaddr == NULL_ADDR)
+			dec_valid_block_count(sbi, dn->inode, count);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	if (GET_SEGNO(sbi, old_blkaddr) != NULL_SEGNO)
 		f2fs_invalidate_internal_cache(sbi, old_blkaddr, 1);