diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 75027ff85cd9..96cfe626a670 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2059,7 +2059,11 @@ static void default_options(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		F2FS_OPTION(sbi).active_logs = NR_CURSEG_PERSIST_TYPE;
 
 	F2FS_OPTION(sbi).inline_xattr_size = DEFAULT_INLINE_XATTR_ADDRS;
-	F2FS_OPTION(sbi).alloc_mode = ALLOC_MODE_DEFAULT;
+	if (le32_to_cpu(F2FS_RAW_SUPER(sbi)->segment_count_main) <=
+							SMALL_VOLUME_SEGMENTS)
+		F2FS_OPTION(sbi).alloc_mode = ALLOC_MODE_REUSE;
+	else
+		F2FS_OPTION(sbi).alloc_mode = ALLOC_MODE_DEFAULT;
 	F2FS_OPTION(sbi).fsync_mode = FSYNC_MODE_POSIX;
 	F2FS_OPTION(sbi).s_resuid = make_kuid(&init_user_ns, F2FS_DEF_RESUID);
 	F2FS_OPTION(sbi).s_resgid = make_kgid(&init_user_ns, F2FS_DEF_RESGID);
@@ -4077,7 +4081,6 @@ static void f2fs_tuning_parameters(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 	/* adjust parameters according to the volume size */
 	if (sm_i->main_segments <= SMALL_VOLUME_SEGMENTS) {
-		F2FS_OPTION(sbi).alloc_mode = ALLOC_MODE_REUSE;
 		if (f2fs_block_unit_discard(sbi))
 			sm_i->dcc_info->discard_granularity = 1;
 		sm_i->ipu_policy = 1 << F2FS_IPU_FORCE |