diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index c25228a1593c..439d340dbe1a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ static int f2fs_do_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 
 	trace_f2fs_sync_file_enter(inode);
 
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		goto go_write;
+
 	/* if fdatasync is triggered, let's do in-place-update */
 	if (datasync || get_dirty_pages(inode) <= SM_I(sbi)->min_fsync_blocks)
 		set_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEED_IPU);