diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 6e2cae3d2e71..72cda2f9380f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -1795,8 +1795,8 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct f2fs_gc_control *gc_control)
 				prefree_segments(sbi));
 
 	cpc.reason = __get_cp_reason(sbi);
-	sbi->skipped_gc_rwsem = 0;
 gc_more:
+	sbi->skipped_gc_rwsem = 0;
 	if (unlikely(!(sbi->sb->s_flags & SB_ACTIVE))) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto stop;