diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index d947e66ee8a8..93fd57d491ac 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -748,8 +748,6 @@ void write_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool is_umount)
 	flush_nat_entries(sbi);
 	flush_sit_entries(sbi);
 
-	reset_victim_segmap(sbi);
-
 	/* unlock all the fs_lock[] in do_checkpoint() */
 	do_checkpoint(sbi, is_umount);
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/debug.c b/fs/f2fs/debug.c
index 20b8794ec8f6..c3bf343b0b82 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/debug.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static void update_mem_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	/* build dirty segmap */
 	si->base_mem += sizeof(struct dirty_seglist_info);
 	si->base_mem += NR_DIRTY_TYPE * f2fs_bitmap_size(TOTAL_SEGS(sbi));
-	si->base_mem += 2 * f2fs_bitmap_size(TOTAL_SEGS(sbi));
+	si->base_mem += f2fs_bitmap_size(TOTAL_SECS(sbi));
 
 	/* buld nm */
 	si->base_mem += sizeof(struct f2fs_nm_info);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 77e2eb061bfa..71eacd373916 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
 	/* for cleaning operations */
 	struct mutex gc_mutex;			/* mutex for GC */
 	struct f2fs_gc_kthread	*gc_thread;	/* GC thread */
+	unsigned int cur_victim_sec;		/* current victim section num */
 
 	/*
 	 * for stat information.
@@ -979,7 +980,6 @@ int lookup_journal_in_cursum(struct f2fs_summary_block *,
 					int, unsigned int, int);
 void flush_sit_entries(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
 int build_segment_manager(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
-void reset_victim_segmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
 void destroy_segment_manager(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 2e3eb2d4fc30..09b8a907400b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -160,18 +160,21 @@ static unsigned int get_max_cost(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 static unsigned int check_bg_victims(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
 	struct dirty_seglist_info *dirty_i = DIRTY_I(sbi);
-	unsigned int segno;
+	unsigned int hint = 0;
+	unsigned int secno;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the gc_type is FG_GC, we can select victim segments
 	 * selected by background GC before.
 	 * Those segments guarantee they have small valid blocks.
 	 */
-	segno = find_next_bit(dirty_i->victim_segmap[BG_GC],
-						TOTAL_SEGS(sbi), 0);
-	if (segno < TOTAL_SEGS(sbi)) {
-		clear_bit(segno, dirty_i->victim_segmap[BG_GC]);
-		return segno;
+next:
+	secno = find_next_bit(dirty_i->victim_secmap, TOTAL_SECS(sbi), hint++);
+	if (secno < TOTAL_SECS(sbi)) {
+		if (sec_usage_check(sbi, secno))
+			goto next;
+		clear_bit(secno, dirty_i->victim_secmap);
+		return secno * sbi->segs_per_sec;
 	}
 	return NULL_SEGNO;
 }
@@ -234,7 +237,7 @@ static int get_victim_by_default(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 {
 	struct dirty_seglist_info *dirty_i = DIRTY_I(sbi);
 	struct victim_sel_policy p;
-	unsigned int segno;
+	unsigned int secno;
 	int nsearched = 0;
 
 	p.alloc_mode = alloc_mode;
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@ static int get_victim_by_default(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 
 	while (1) {
 		unsigned long cost;
+		unsigned int segno;
 
 		segno = find_next_bit(p.dirty_segmap,
 						TOTAL_SEGS(sbi), p.offset);
@@ -265,13 +269,11 @@ static int get_victim_by_default(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 			break;
 		}
 		p.offset = ((segno / p.ofs_unit) * p.ofs_unit) + p.ofs_unit;
+		secno = GET_SECNO(sbi, segno);
 
-		if (test_bit(segno, dirty_i->victim_segmap[FG_GC]))
+		if (sec_usage_check(sbi, secno))
 			continue;
-		if (gc_type == BG_GC &&
-				test_bit(segno, dirty_i->victim_segmap[BG_GC]))
-			continue;
-		if (IS_CURSEC(sbi, GET_SECNO(sbi, segno)))
+		if (gc_type == BG_GC && test_bit(secno, dirty_i->victim_secmap))
 			continue;
 
 		cost = get_gc_cost(sbi, segno, &p);
@@ -291,13 +293,14 @@ static int get_victim_by_default(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	}
 got_it:
 	if (p.min_segno != NULL_SEGNO) {
-		*result = (p.min_segno / p.ofs_unit) * p.ofs_unit;
 		if (p.alloc_mode == LFS) {
-			int i;
-			for (i = 0; i < p.ofs_unit; i++)
-				set_bit(*result + i,
-					dirty_i->victim_segmap[gc_type]);
+			secno = GET_SECNO(sbi, p.min_segno);
+			if (gc_type == FG_GC)
+				sbi->cur_victim_sec = secno;
+			else
+				set_bit(secno, dirty_i->victim_secmap);
 		}
+		*result = (p.min_segno / p.ofs_unit) * p.ofs_unit;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dirty_i->seglist_lock);
 
@@ -662,9 +665,11 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	for (i = 0; i < sbi->segs_per_sec; i++)
 		do_garbage_collect(sbi, segno + i, &ilist, gc_type);
 
-	if (gc_type == FG_GC &&
-			get_valid_blocks(sbi, segno, sbi->segs_per_sec) == 0)
+	if (gc_type == FG_GC) {
+		sbi->cur_victim_sec = NULL_SEGNO;
 		nfree++;
+		WARN_ON(get_valid_blocks(sbi, segno, sbi->segs_per_sec));
+	}
 
 	if (has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, nfree))
 		goto gc_more;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index b3486f34af78..d5244f6765a9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ static void __remove_dirty_segment(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int segno,
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(segno,
 					dirty_i->dirty_segmap[dirty_type]))
 			dirty_i->nr_dirty[dirty_type]--;
-		clear_bit(segno, dirty_i->victim_segmap[FG_GC]);
-		clear_bit(segno, dirty_i->victim_segmap[BG_GC]);
+		if (get_valid_blocks(sbi, segno, sbi->segs_per_sec) == 0)
+			clear_bit(GET_SECNO(sbi, segno),
+						dirty_i->victim_secmap);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -296,13 +297,12 @@ static void write_sum_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
 }
 
-static unsigned int check_prefree_segments(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
-					int ofs_unit, int type)
+static unsigned int check_prefree_segments(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
 {
 	struct dirty_seglist_info *dirty_i = DIRTY_I(sbi);
 	unsigned long *prefree_segmap = dirty_i->dirty_segmap[PRE];
-	unsigned int segno, next_segno, i;
-	int ofs = 0;
+	unsigned int segno;
+	unsigned int ofs = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * If there is not enough reserved sections,
@@ -318,23 +318,30 @@ static unsigned int check_prefree_segments(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	if (IS_NODESEG(type))
 		return NULL_SEGNO;
 next:
-	segno = find_next_bit(prefree_segmap, TOTAL_SEGS(sbi), ofs++);
-	ofs = ((segno / ofs_unit) * ofs_unit) + ofs_unit;
+	segno = find_next_bit(prefree_segmap, TOTAL_SEGS(sbi), ofs);
+	ofs += sbi->segs_per_sec;
+
 	if (segno < TOTAL_SEGS(sbi)) {
+		int i;
+
 		/* skip intermediate segments in a section */
-		if (segno % ofs_unit)
+		if (segno % sbi->segs_per_sec)
+			goto next;
+
+		/* skip if the section is currently used */
+		if (sec_usage_check(sbi, GET_SECNO(sbi, segno)))
 			goto next;
 
 		/* skip if whole section is not prefree */
-		next_segno = find_next_zero_bit(prefree_segmap,
-						TOTAL_SEGS(sbi), segno + 1);
-		if (next_segno - segno < ofs_unit)
-			goto next;
+		for (i = 1; i < sbi->segs_per_sec; i++)
+			if (!test_bit(segno + i, prefree_segmap))
+				goto next;
 
 		/* skip if whole section was not free at the last checkpoint */
-		for (i = 0; i < ofs_unit; i++)
-			if (get_seg_entry(sbi, segno)->ckpt_valid_blocks)
+		for (i = 0; i < sbi->segs_per_sec; i++)
+			if (get_seg_entry(sbi, segno + i)->ckpt_valid_blocks)
 				goto next;
+
 		return segno;
 	}
 	return NULL_SEGNO;
@@ -561,15 +568,13 @@ static void allocate_segment_by_default(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 						int type, bool force)
 {
 	struct curseg_info *curseg = CURSEG_I(sbi, type);
-	unsigned int ofs_unit;
 
 	if (force) {
 		new_curseg(sbi, type, true);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ofs_unit = need_SSR(sbi) ? 1 : sbi->segs_per_sec;
-	curseg->next_segno = check_prefree_segments(sbi, ofs_unit, type);
+	curseg->next_segno = check_prefree_segments(sbi, type);
 
 	if (curseg->next_segno != NULL_SEGNO)
 		change_curseg(sbi, type, false);
@@ -1558,14 +1563,13 @@ static void init_dirty_segmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	}
 }
 
-static int init_victim_segmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
+static int init_victim_secmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
 	struct dirty_seglist_info *dirty_i = DIRTY_I(sbi);
-	unsigned int bitmap_size = f2fs_bitmap_size(TOTAL_SEGS(sbi));
+	unsigned int bitmap_size = f2fs_bitmap_size(TOTAL_SECS(sbi));
 
-	dirty_i->victim_segmap[FG_GC] = kzalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	dirty_i->victim_segmap[BG_GC] = kzalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!dirty_i->victim_segmap[FG_GC] || !dirty_i->victim_segmap[BG_GC])
+	dirty_i->victim_secmap = kzalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dirty_i->victim_secmap)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1592,7 +1596,7 @@ static int build_dirty_segmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	}
 
 	init_dirty_segmap(sbi);
-	return init_victim_segmap(sbi);
+	return init_victim_secmap(sbi);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1679,18 +1683,10 @@ static void discard_dirty_segmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	mutex_unlock(&dirty_i->seglist_lock);
 }
 
-void reset_victim_segmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
-{
-	unsigned int bitmap_size = f2fs_bitmap_size(TOTAL_SEGS(sbi));
-	memset(DIRTY_I(sbi)->victim_segmap[FG_GC], 0, bitmap_size);
-}
-
-static void destroy_victim_segmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
+static void destroy_victim_secmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
 	struct dirty_seglist_info *dirty_i = DIRTY_I(sbi);
-
-	kfree(dirty_i->victim_segmap[FG_GC]);
-	kfree(dirty_i->victim_segmap[BG_GC]);
+	kfree(dirty_i->victim_secmap);
 }
 
 static void destroy_dirty_segmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
@@ -1705,7 +1701,7 @@ static void destroy_dirty_segmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_DIRTY_TYPE; i++)
 		discard_dirty_segmap(sbi, i);
 
-	destroy_victim_segmap(sbi);
+	destroy_victim_secmap(sbi);
 	SM_I(sbi)->dirty_info = NULL;
 	kfree(dirty_i);
 }
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.h b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
index fea9245d4774..994bb7bd7b70 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 /* constant macro */
 #define NULL_SEGNO			((unsigned int)(~0))
+#define NULL_SECNO			((unsigned int)(~0))
 
 /* V: Logical segment # in volume, R: Relative segment # in main area */
 #define GET_L2R_SEGNO(free_i, segno)	(segno - free_i->start_segno)
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ struct dirty_seglist_info {
 	unsigned long *dirty_segmap[NR_DIRTY_TYPE];
 	struct mutex seglist_lock;		/* lock for segment bitmaps */
 	int nr_dirty[NR_DIRTY_TYPE];		/* # of dirty segments */
-	unsigned long *victim_segmap[2];	/* BG_GC, FG_GC */
+	unsigned long *victim_secmap;		/* background GC victims */
 };
 
 /* victim selection function for cleaning and SSR */
@@ -616,3 +617,10 @@ static inline block_t sum_blk_addr(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int base, int type)
 		le32_to_cpu(F2FS_CKPT(sbi)->cp_pack_total_block_count)
 				- (base + 1) + type;
 }
+
+static inline bool sec_usage_check(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int secno)
+{
+	if (IS_CURSEC(sbi, secno) || (sbi->cur_victim_sec == secno))
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 252890ef8dbc..728c20a8e456 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "f2fs.h"
 #include "node.h"
+#include "segment.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
 
 static struct kmem_cache *f2fs_inode_cachep;
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ static void init_sb_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	sbi->root_ino_num = le32_to_cpu(raw_super->root_ino);
 	sbi->node_ino_num = le32_to_cpu(raw_super->node_ino);
 	sbi->meta_ino_num = le32_to_cpu(raw_super->meta_ino);
+	sbi->cur_victim_sec = NULL_SECNO;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_COUNT_TYPE; i++)
 		atomic_set(&sbi->nr_pages[i], 0);