diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index da5947b30142..0e42ee5f7770 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -1451,10 +1451,8 @@ static int gc_data_segment(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct f2fs_summary *sum,
 
 		if (phase == 3) {
 			inode = f2fs_iget(sb, dni.ino);
-			if (IS_ERR(inode) || is_bad_inode(inode)) {
-				set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
+			if (IS_ERR(inode) || is_bad_inode(inode))
 				continue;
-			}
 
 			if (!down_write_trylock(
 				&F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE])) {