diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 326e6342c578..bb66faf09eea 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -2962,15 +2962,17 @@ static int f2fs_write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 static inline bool __should_serialize_io(struct inode *inode,
 					struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-		return false;
-	if (f2fs_compressed_file(inode))
-		return true;
-	if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
-		return false;
 	/* to avoid deadlock in path of data flush */
 	if (F2FS_I(inode)->cp_task)
 		return false;
+
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return false;
+	if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
+		return false;
+
+	if (f2fs_compressed_file(inode))
+		return true;
 	if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
 		return true;
 	if (get_dirty_pages(inode) >= SM_I(F2FS_I_SB(inode))->min_seq_blocks)