diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 4b52c56d71f0..c54897a25981 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1107,17 +1107,23 @@ int f2fs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 			!IS_ALIGNED(attr->ia_size,
 			F2FS_BLK_TO_BYTES(fi->i_cluster_size)))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		/*
-		 * To prevent scattered pin block generation, we don't allow
-		 * smaller/equal size unaligned truncation for pinned file.
-		 * We only support overwrite IO to pinned file, so don't
-		 * care about larger size truncation.
-		 */
-		if (f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode) &&
-			attr->ia_size <= i_size_read(inode) &&
-			!IS_ALIGNED(attr->ia_size,
-			F2FS_BLK_TO_BYTES(CAP_BLKS_PER_SEC(sbi))))
-			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode)) {
+			/*
+			 * It may break section-aligned fallocate recovery
+			 * mechanism, so do not allow larger size truncation.
+			 */
+			if (attr->ia_size > i_size_read(inode))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			/*
+			 * To prevent scattered pin block generation, we don't
+			 * allow smaller/equal size unaligned truncation for
+			 * pinned file.
+			 */
+			else if (!IS_ALIGNED(attr->ia_size,
+				F2FS_BLK_TO_BYTES(CAP_BLKS_PER_SEC(sbi))))
+				return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (is_quota_modification(idmap, inode, attr)) {