diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index e4cf8b7b23aa..b307d96a0a7c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ next_alloc:
 			GET_SEC_FROM_SEG(sbi, overprovision_segments(sbi)))) {
 			f2fs_down_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
 			err = f2fs_gc(sbi, true, false, false, NULL_SEGNO);
-			if (err && err != -ENODATA && err != -EAGAIN)
+			if (err && err != -ENODATA)
 				goto out_err;
 		}