diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
index f07ae58d266d..339239bb7f63 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int recover_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 }
 
 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;
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ static int find_fsync_dnodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct list_head *head,
 			if (IS_ERR(entry)) {
 				err = PTR_ERR(entry);
 				if (err == -ENOENT) {
+					if (check_only)
+						*new_inode = true;
 					err = 0;
 					goto next;
 				}
@@ -805,6 +807,7 @@ int f2fs_recover_fsync_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool check_only)
 	unsigned long s_flags = sbi->sb->s_flags;
 	bool need_writecp = false;
 	bool fix_curseg_write_pointer = false;
+	bool new_inode = false;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	int quota_enabled;
 #endif
@@ -829,8 +832,8 @@ int f2fs_recover_fsync_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool check_only)
 	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) {