diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index ebd32daf052c..d75dfa23e6e7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1345,8 +1345,12 @@ static struct inode *f2fs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct f2fs_inode_info *fi;
 
-	fi = f2fs_kmem_cache_alloc(f2fs_inode_cachep,
-				GFP_F2FS_ZERO, false, F2FS_SB(sb));
+	if (time_to_inject(F2FS_SB(sb), FAULT_SLAB_ALLOC)) {
+		f2fs_show_injection_info(F2FS_SB(sb), FAULT_SLAB_ALLOC);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	fi = alloc_inode_sb(sb, f2fs_inode_cachep, GFP_F2FS_ZERO);
 	if (!fi)
 		return NULL;