diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 03ea11f8a3c3..f4e1672bd96e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -2332,6 +2332,9 @@ static inline bool __should_serialize_io(struct inode *inode,
 		return false;
 	if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
 		return false;
+	/* to avoid deadlock in path of data flush */
+	if (F2FS_I(inode)->cp_task)
+		return false;
 	if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
 		return true;
 	if (get_dirty_pages(inode) >= SM_I(F2FS_I_SB(inode))->min_seq_blocks)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 0b6bfe57c21f..9b3d9977cd1e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -1209,6 +1209,7 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
 	/* for inode management */
 	struct list_head inode_list[NR_INODE_TYPE];	/* dirty inode list */
 	spinlock_t inode_lock[NR_INODE_TYPE];	/* for dirty inode list lock */
+	struct mutex flush_lock;		/* for flush exclusion */
 
 	/* for extent tree cache */
 	struct radix_tree_root extent_tree_root;/* cache extent cache entries */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index dbc96b2a05fa..5f6e4cd2eff2 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -546,9 +546,13 @@ void f2fs_balance_fs_bg(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		if (test_opt(sbi, DATA_FLUSH)) {
 			struct blk_plug plug;
 
+			mutex_lock(&sbi->flush_lock);
+
 			blk_start_plug(&plug);
 			f2fs_sync_dirty_inodes(sbi, FILE_INODE);
 			blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+
+			mutex_unlock(&sbi->flush_lock);
 		}
 		f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, true);
 		stat_inc_bg_cp_count(sbi->stat_info);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 34f2adf191ed..7b6422d46891 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -3293,6 +3293,7 @@ try_onemore:
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->inode_list[i]);
 		spin_lock_init(&sbi->inode_lock[i]);
 	}
+	mutex_init(&sbi->flush_lock);
 
 	f2fs_init_extent_cache_info(sbi);