diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 42607a679923..11e4b5c14616 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void f2fs_balance_fs_bg(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	/* check the # of cached NAT entries and prefree segments */
 	if (try_to_free_nats(sbi, NAT_ENTRY_PER_BLOCK) ||
 			excess_prefree_segs(sbi) ||
-			available_free_memory(sbi, INO_ENTRIES))
+			!available_free_memory(sbi, INO_ENTRIES))
 		f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, true);
 }