diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 0ec8e32a00b4..ab8e0c06c78c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@ void f2fs_handle_failed_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	err = f2fs_get_node_info(sbi, inode->i_ino, &ni, false);
 	if (err) {
 		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
+		set_inode_flag(inode, FI_FREE_NID);
 		f2fs_warn(sbi, "May loss orphan inode, run fsck to fix.");
 		goto out;
 	}