diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index e16235b..53baf4a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -291,8 +291,9 @@
 
 	/* checkpoint is the only way to shrink partial cached entries */
 	if (!available_free_memory(sbi, NAT_ENTRIES) ||
-			excess_prefree_segs(sbi) ||
 			!available_free_memory(sbi, INO_ENTRIES) ||
+			excess_prefree_segs(sbi) ||
+			excess_dirty_nats(sbi) ||
 			(is_idle(sbi) && f2fs_time_over(sbi, CP_TIME))) {
 		if (test_opt(sbi, DATA_FLUSH))
 			sync_dirty_inodes(sbi, FILE_INODE);