diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.h b/fs/f2fs/node.h
index 6aea13024ac1..7371c09174cb 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static inline bool get_nat_flag(struct nat_entry *ne, unsigned int type)
 
 static inline void nat_reset_flag(struct nat_entry *ne)
 {
+	ne->ni.flag = 0;
 	/* these states can be set only after checkpoint was done */
 	set_nat_flag(ne, IS_CHECKPOINTED, true);
 	set_nat_flag(ne, HAS_FSYNCED_INODE, false);
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ static inline void node_info_from_raw_nat(struct node_info *ni,
 	ni->ino = le32_to_cpu(raw_ne->ino);
 	ni->blk_addr = le32_to_cpu(raw_ne->block_addr);
 	ni->version = raw_ne->version;
+	ni->flag = 0;
 }
 
 static inline void raw_nat_from_node_info(struct f2fs_nat_entry *raw_ne,