diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index fa91bfeb754b..f428f7b79c64 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -1518,20 +1518,79 @@ retry_encrypt:
 	return PTR_ERR(fio->encrypted_page);
 }
 
+static inline bool check_inplace_update_policy(struct inode *inode,
+				struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
+{
+	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
+	unsigned int policy = SM_I(sbi)->ipu_policy;
+
+	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_FORCE))
+		return true;
+	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_SSR) && need_SSR(sbi))
+		return true;
+	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_UTIL) &&
+			utilization(sbi) > SM_I(sbi)->min_ipu_util)
+		return true;
+	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_SSR_UTIL) && need_SSR(sbi) &&
+			utilization(sbi) > SM_I(sbi)->min_ipu_util)
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * IPU for rewrite async pages
+	 */
+	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_ASYNC) &&
+			fio && fio->op == REQ_OP_WRITE &&
+			!(fio->op_flags & REQ_SYNC) &&
+			!f2fs_encrypted_inode(inode))
+		return true;
+
+	/* this is only set during fdatasync */
+	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_FSYNC) &&
+			is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_NEED_IPU))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool should_update_inplace(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
+{
+	if (f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode))
+		return true;
+
+	/* if this is cold file, we should overwrite to avoid fragmentation */
+	if (file_is_cold(inode))
+		return true;
+
+	return check_inplace_update_policy(inode, fio);
+}
+
+bool should_update_outplace(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
+{
+	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
+
+	if (test_opt(sbi, LFS))
+		return true;
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		return true;
+	if (f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode))
+		return true;
+	if (fio) {
+		if (is_cold_data(fio->page))
+			return true;
+		if (IS_ATOMIC_WRITTEN_PAGE(fio->page))
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline bool need_inplace_update(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = fio->page->mapping->host;
 
-	if (f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode))
-		return true;
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode))
-		return false;
-	if (is_cold_data(fio->page))
-		return false;
-	if (IS_ATOMIC_WRITTEN_PAGE(fio->page))
+	if (should_update_outplace(inode, fio))
 		return false;
 
-	return need_inplace_update_policy(inode, fio);
+	return should_update_inplace(inode, fio);
 }
 
 static inline bool valid_ipu_blkaddr(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index f2656d0e28f2..365faebd27f9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -2834,6 +2834,8 @@ int f2fs_map_blocks(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_map_blocks *map,
 			int create, int flag);
 int f2fs_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
 			u64 start, u64 len);
+bool should_update_inplace(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_io_info *fio);
+bool should_update_outplace(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_io_info *fio);
 void f2fs_set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page);
 int __f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 						struct writeback_control *wbc,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 9553f80dc677..f31f0590cdc7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ static int f2fs_defragment_range(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	int err;
 
 	/* if in-place-update policy is enabled, don't waste time here */
-	if (need_inplace_update_policy(inode, NULL))
+	if (should_update_inplace(inode, NULL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	pg_start = range->start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -2716,6 +2716,11 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_set_pin_file(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 
 	inode_lock(inode);
 
+	if (should_update_outplace(inode, NULL)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (!pin) {
 		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_PIN_FILE);
 		F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_failures = 1;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.h b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
index 71a2aaa286df..1a807e6e7c97 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
@@ -580,47 +580,6 @@ enum {
 	F2FS_IPU_ASYNC,
 };
 
-static inline bool need_inplace_update_policy(struct inode *inode,
-				struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
-{
-	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
-	unsigned int policy = SM_I(sbi)->ipu_policy;
-
-	if (test_opt(sbi, LFS))
-		return false;
-
-	/* if this is cold file, we should overwrite to avoid fragmentation */
-	if (file_is_cold(inode))
-		return true;
-
-	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_FORCE))
-		return true;
-	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_SSR) && need_SSR(sbi))
-		return true;
-	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_UTIL) &&
-			utilization(sbi) > SM_I(sbi)->min_ipu_util)
-		return true;
-	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_SSR_UTIL) && need_SSR(sbi) &&
-			utilization(sbi) > SM_I(sbi)->min_ipu_util)
-		return true;
-
-	/*
-	 * IPU for rewrite async pages
-	 */
-	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_ASYNC) &&
-			fio && fio->op == REQ_OP_WRITE &&
-			!(fio->op_flags & REQ_SYNC) &&
-			!f2fs_encrypted_inode(inode))
-		return true;
-
-	/* this is only set during fdatasync */
-	if (policy & (0x1 << F2FS_IPU_FSYNC) &&
-			is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_NEED_IPU))
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 static inline unsigned int curseg_segno(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 		int type)
 {