diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 845eebc0b3e6..9891f2f800e6 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ void f2fs_abort_atomic_write(struct inode *inode, bool clean)
 		f2fs_i_size_write(inode, fi->original_i_size);
 		fi->original_i_size = 0;
 	}
+	/* avoid stale dirty inode during eviction */
+	sync_inode_metadata(inode, 0);
 }
 
 static int __replace_atomic_write_block(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,