diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index d4662ccb94c8..5a661a0e7663 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -1566,10 +1566,15 @@ next_step:
 			int err;
 
 			inode = f2fs_iget(sb, dni.ino);
-			if (IS_ERR(inode) || is_bad_inode(inode) ||
-					special_file(inode->i_mode))
+			if (IS_ERR(inode))
 				continue;
 
+			if (is_bad_inode(inode) ||
+					special_file(inode->i_mode)) {
+				iput(inode);
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			err = f2fs_gc_pinned_control(inode, gc_type, segno);
 			if (err == -EAGAIN) {
 				iput(inode);