diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index a135d2247415..d716553bdc02 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ void f2fs_balance_fs_bg(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool from_bg)
 		goto do_sync;
 
 	/* checkpoint is the only way to shrink partial cached entries */
-	if (f2fs_available_free_memory(sbi, NAT_ENTRIES) ||
+	if (f2fs_available_free_memory(sbi, NAT_ENTRIES) &&
 		f2fs_available_free_memory(sbi, INO_ENTRIES))
 		return;