diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 41b38e557046..eb466a11d9d7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -5203,11 +5203,15 @@ try_onemore:
 		}
 	} else {
 		err = f2fs_recover_fsync_data(sbi, true);
-
-		if (!f2fs_readonly(sb) && err > 0) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			f2fs_err(sbi, "Need to recover fsync data");
-			goto free_meta;
+		if (err > 0) {
+			if (!f2fs_readonly(sb)) {
+				f2fs_err(sbi, "Need to recover fsync data");
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto free_meta;
+			} else {
+				f2fs_info(sbi, "drop all fsynced data");
+				err = 0;
+			}
 		}
 	}