diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index c1e24da4dfec3..bf37983304a33 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -2115,7 +2115,11 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write(struct file *filp)
 		clear_inode_flag(fi->cow_inode, FI_INLINE_DATA);
 	} else {
 		/* Reuse the already created COW inode */
-		f2fs_do_truncate_blocks(fi->cow_inode, 0, true);
+		ret = f2fs_do_truncate_blocks(fi->cow_inode, 0, true);
+		if (ret) {
+			f2fs_up_write(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	f2fs_write_inode(inode, NULL);