diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index fd8e7b0b2166..db7afb806411 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ static int f2fs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 			sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 
 			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-			iput(inode);
+			atomic_dec(&inode->i_count);
 		}
 		trace_f2fs_drop_inode(inode, 0);
 		return 0;