diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index cf6f7fc83c08..095a634436e3 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1945,7 +1945,6 @@ int f2fs_sync_node_pages(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 			struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
 			bool submitted = false;
-			bool may_dirty = true;
 
 			/* give a priority to WB_SYNC threads */
 			if (atomic_read(&sbi->wb_sync_req[NODE]) &&
@@ -1998,11 +1997,8 @@ int f2fs_sync_node_pages(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 			}
 
 			/* flush dirty inode */
-			if (IS_INODE(page) && may_dirty) {
-				may_dirty = false;
-				if (flush_dirty_inode(page))
-					goto lock_node;
-			}
+			if (IS_INODE(page) && flush_dirty_inode(page))
+				goto lock_node;
 write_node:
 			f2fs_wait_on_page_writeback(page, NODE, true, true);