diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 44582a4db513..33affa788588 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ static int do_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	/* try to recover cold bit for non-dir inode */
 	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && !is_cold_node(node_page)) {
+		f2fs_wait_on_page_writeback(node_page, NODE, true, true);
 		set_cold_node(node_page, false);
 		set_page_dirty(node_page);
 	}