diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 70e6a0844c6b..dd46893138b3 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1731,6 +1731,9 @@ 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);