diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 7dd7dd5914c5..adcc2c370df9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -817,7 +817,9 @@ static void __add_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, enum inode_type type)
 		return;
 
 	set_inode_flag(inode, flag);
-	list_add_tail(&F2FS_I(inode)->dirty_list, &sbi->inode_list[type]);
+	if (!f2fs_is_volatile_file(inode))
+		list_add_tail(&F2FS_I(inode)->dirty_list,
+						&sbi->inode_list[type]);
 	stat_inc_dirty_inode(sbi, type);
 }