diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 6b8edf2..1d86a35 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
 
 #include "f2fs.h"
 #include "segment.h"
@@ -315,7 +316,8 @@
 	/* 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))
+			!available_free_memory(sbi, INO_ENTRIES) ||
+			jiffies > sbi->cp_expires)
 		f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, true);
 }