diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index ba93010924c0..99bc59889825 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -1754,9 +1754,8 @@ static int do_garbage_collect(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	unsigned int end_segno = start_segno + SEGS_PER_SEC(sbi);
 	unsigned int sec_end_segno;
 	int seg_freed = 0, migrated = 0;
-	unsigned char type = IS_DATASEG(get_seg_entry(sbi, segno)->type) ?
-						SUM_TYPE_DATA : SUM_TYPE_NODE;
-	unsigned char data_type = (type == SUM_TYPE_DATA) ? DATA : NODE;
+	unsigned char type;
+	unsigned char data_type;
 	int submitted = 0, sum_blk_cnt;
 
 	if (__is_large_section(sbi)) {
@@ -1855,6 +1854,12 @@ static int do_garbage_collect(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 					migrated >= sbi->migration_granularity)
 				continue;
 
+			if (migrated == 0) {
+				type = IS_DATASEG(get_seg_entry(sbi, cur_segno)->type) ?
+							SUM_TYPE_DATA : SUM_TYPE_NODE;
+				data_type = (type == SUM_TYPE_DATA) ? DATA : NODE;
+			}
+
 			sum = SUM_BLK_PAGE_ADDR(sbi, sum_folio, cur_segno);
 			if (type != GET_SUM_TYPE(sum_footer(sbi, sum))) {
 				f2fs_err(sbi, "Inconsistent segment (%u) type "