diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.h b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
index 062424a0e4c3..cd9bd93212ad 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ static inline int reserved_sections(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 static inline bool need_SSR(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	return (free_sections(sbi) < overprovision_sections(sbi));
+	return ((prefree_segments(sbi) / sbi->segs_per_sec)
+			+ free_sections(sbi) < overprovision_sections(sbi));
 }
 
 static inline bool has_not_enough_free_secs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int freed)