diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 64ad546..47d0e64 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1596,21 +1596,28 @@ int f2fs_sync_node_pages(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	int step = 0;
 	int nwritten = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
-	int nr_pages;
+	int nr_pages, done = 0;
 
 	pagevec_init(&pvec);
 
 next_step:
 	index = 0;
 
-	while ((nr_pages = pagevec_lookup_tag(&pvec, NODE_MAPPING(sbi), &index,
-				PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY))) {
+	while (!done && (nr_pages = pagevec_lookup_tag(&pvec,
+			NODE_MAPPING(sbi), &index, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY))) {
 		int i;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 			struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
 			bool submitted = false;
 
+			/* give a priority to WB_SYNC threads */
+			if (atomic_read(&sbi->wb_sync_req[NODE]) &&
+					wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
+				done = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+
 			/*
 			 * flushing sequence with step:
 			 * 0. indirect nodes
@@ -1738,6 +1745,11 @@ static int f2fs_write_node_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES) < nr_pages_to_skip(sbi, NODE))
 		goto skip_write;
 
+	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
+		atomic_inc(&sbi->wb_sync_req[NODE]);
+	else if (atomic_read(&sbi->wb_sync_req[NODE]))
+		goto skip_write;
+
 	trace_f2fs_writepages(mapping->host, wbc, NODE);
 
 	diff = nr_pages_to_write(sbi, NODE, wbc);
@@ -1745,6 +1757,9 @@ static int f2fs_write_node_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	f2fs_sync_node_pages(sbi, wbc, true, FS_NODE_IO);
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	wbc->nr_to_write = max((long)0, wbc->nr_to_write - diff);
+
+	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
+		atomic_dec(&sbi->wb_sync_req[NODE]);
 	return 0;
 
 skip_write: