diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index bc53ac21efee..22de00754678 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -2914,10 +2914,12 @@ bool f2fs_should_update_outplace(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
 		return true;
 	if (f2fs_used_in_atomic_write(inode))
 		return true;
-	/* rewrite low ratio compress data w/ OPU mode to avoid fragmentation */
-	if (f2fs_compressed_file(inode) &&
-		F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_mode == COMPR_MODE_USER &&
-		is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ENABLE_COMPRESS))
+	/*
+	 * rewrite low ratio compress data w/ OPU mode to avoid fragmentation.
+	 * If IO comes from compressed write path and fallback to raw write,
+	 * force out‑place to prevent metadata‑data inconsistency.
+	 */
+	if (f2fs_compressed_file(inode))
 		return true;
 
 	/* swap file is migrating in aligned write mode */