diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 63e9fb5a1c59..bc0ca697e064 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1064,6 +1064,17 @@ 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;
 	}
 
 	err = setattr_prepare(idmap, dentry, attr);