diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index bbe07e3a6c75..5376bb10d650 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -1155,6 +1155,8 @@ static int f2fs_sync_inode_meta(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 			if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_DIRTY_INODE))
 				f2fs_update_inode_page(inode);
 			iput(inode);
+			if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi)))
+				return -EIO;
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;