diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index e8b94bb14bd8..ab9efd71ad11 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1796,6 +1796,9 @@ static int f2fs_disable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 static void f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
+	/* we should flush all the data to keep data consistency */
+	sync_inodes_sb(sbi->sb);
+
 	down_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
 	f2fs_dirty_to_prefree(sbi);