diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index f3eda4f13646..56adc3b68e14 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -2605,11 +2605,17 @@ static inline void dec_valid_node_count(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 {
 	spin_lock(&sbi->stat_lock);
 
-	f2fs_bug_on(sbi, !sbi->total_valid_block_count);
-	f2fs_bug_on(sbi, !sbi->total_valid_node_count);
+	if (unlikely(!sbi->total_valid_block_count ||
+			!sbi->total_valid_node_count)) {
+		f2fs_warn(sbi, "dec_valid_node_count: inconsistent block counts, total_valid_block:%u, total_valid_node:%u",
+			  sbi->total_valid_block_count,
+			  sbi->total_valid_node_count);
+		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
+	} else {
+		sbi->total_valid_block_count--;
+		sbi->total_valid_node_count--;
+	}
 
-	sbi->total_valid_node_count--;
-	sbi->total_valid_block_count--;
 	if (sbi->reserved_blocks &&
 		sbi->current_reserved_blocks < sbi->reserved_blocks)
 		sbi->current_reserved_blocks++;