diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 9b68fb7eb5f1..a6288e276ff9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -833,6 +833,13 @@ int f2fs_preallocate_blocks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	struct f2fs_map_blocks map;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	/* convert inline data for Direct I/O*/
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) {
+		err = f2fs_convert_inline_inode(inode);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_NO_PREALLOC))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -845,15 +852,11 @@ int f2fs_preallocate_blocks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 
 	map.m_next_pgofs = NULL;
 
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) {
-		err = f2fs_convert_inline_inode(inode);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)
 		return f2fs_map_blocks(inode, &map, 1,
 			__force_buffered_io(inode, WRITE) ?
 				F2FS_GET_BLOCK_PRE_AIO :
 				F2FS_GET_BLOCK_PRE_DIO);
-	}
 	if (iocb->ki_pos + iov_iter_count(from) > MAX_INLINE_DATA(inode)) {
 		err = f2fs_convert_inline_inode(inode);
 		if (err)