diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
index e4d81b8705d1..bc105da3e746 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static int sanity_check_node_chain(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, block_t blkaddr,
 }
 
 static int find_fsync_dnodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct list_head *head,
-				bool check_only)
+				bool check_only, bool *new_inode)
 {
 	struct curseg_info *curseg;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
@@ -445,16 +445,19 @@ static int find_fsync_dnodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct list_head *head,
 				quota_inode = true;
 			}
 
-			/*
-			 * CP | dnode(F) | inode(DF)
-			 * For this case, we should not give up now.
-			 */
 			entry = add_fsync_inode(sbi, head, ino_of_node(page),
 								quota_inode);
 			if (IS_ERR(entry)) {
 				err = PTR_ERR(entry);
-				if (err == -ENOENT)
+				/*
+				 * CP | dnode(F) | inode(DF)
+				 * For this case, we should not give up now.
+				 */
+				if (err == -ENOENT) {
+					if (check_only)
+						*new_inode = true;
 					goto next;
+				}
 				f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
 				break;
 			}
@@ -852,6 +855,7 @@ int f2fs_recover_fsync_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool check_only)
 	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned long s_flags = sbi->sb->s_flags;
 	bool need_writecp = false;
+	bool new_inode = false;
 
 	if (is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_IS_WRITABLE))
 		f2fs_info(sbi, "recover fsync data on readonly fs");
@@ -864,8 +868,8 @@ int f2fs_recover_fsync_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool check_only)
 	f2fs_down_write(&sbi->cp_global_sem);
 
 	/* step #1: find fsynced inode numbers */
-	err = find_fsync_dnodes(sbi, &inode_list, check_only);
-	if (err || list_empty(&inode_list))
+	err = find_fsync_dnodes(sbi, &inode_list, check_only, &new_inode);
+	if (err < 0 || (list_empty(&inode_list) && (!check_only || !new_inode)))
 		goto skip;
 
 	if (check_only) {