diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
index d025aa83fb5b..907d6b7dde6a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ static void recover_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 			ino_of_node(page), name);
 }
 
-static int find_fsync_dnodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct list_head *head)
+static int find_fsync_dnodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct list_head *head,
+				bool check_only)
 {
 	struct curseg_info *curseg;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
@@ -225,7 +226,8 @@ static int find_fsync_dnodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct list_head *head)
 
 		entry = get_fsync_inode(head, ino_of_node(page));
 		if (!entry) {
-			if (IS_INODE(page) && is_dent_dnode(page)) {
+			if (!check_only &&
+					IS_INODE(page) && is_dent_dnode(page)) {
 				err = recover_inode_page(sbi, page);
 				if (err)
 					break;
@@ -569,7 +571,7 @@ int recover_fsync_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool check_only)
 	mutex_lock(&sbi->cp_mutex);
 
 	/* step #1: find fsynced inode numbers */
-	err = find_fsync_dnodes(sbi, &inode_list);
+	err = find_fsync_dnodes(sbi, &inode_list, check_only);
 	if (err || list_empty(&inode_list))
 		goto out;