diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index d83a21998ec2..edda2ff72073 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -3862,6 +3862,7 @@ static int prepare_atomic_write_begin(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	pgoff_t index = folio->index;
 	int err = 0;
 	block_t ori_blk_addr = NULL_ADDR;
+	bool cow_has_reserved_block = false;
 
 	/* If pos is beyond the end of file, reserve a new block in COW inode */
 	if ((pos & PAGE_MASK) >= i_size_read(inode))
@@ -3871,9 +3872,11 @@ static int prepare_atomic_write_begin(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	err = __find_data_block(cow_inode, index, blk_addr);
 	if (err) {
 		return err;
-	} else if (*blk_addr != NULL_ADDR) {
+	} else if (__is_valid_data_blkaddr(*blk_addr)) {
 		*use_cow = true;
 		return 0;
+	} else if (*blk_addr == NEW_ADDR) {
+		cow_has_reserved_block = true;
 	}
 
 	if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ATOMIC_REPLACE))
@@ -3886,10 +3889,13 @@ static int prepare_atomic_write_begin(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 
 reserve_block:
 	/* Finally, we should reserve a new block in COW inode for the update */
-	err = __reserve_data_block(cow_inode, index, blk_addr, node_changed);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-	inc_atomic_write_cnt(inode);
+	if (!cow_has_reserved_block) {
+		err = __reserve_data_block(cow_inode, index, blk_addr,
+					   node_changed);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		inc_atomic_write_cnt(inode);
+	}
 
 	if (ori_blk_addr != NULL_ADDR)
 		*blk_addr = ori_blk_addr;