diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 1679f9c0b63b3..773028921c481 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -2467,8 +2467,12 @@ static int __f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	/* to avoid spliting IOs due to mixed WB_SYNC_ALL and WB_SYNC_NONE */
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
 		atomic_inc(&sbi->wb_sync_req[DATA]);
-	else if (atomic_read(&sbi->wb_sync_req[DATA]))
+	else if (atomic_read(&sbi->wb_sync_req[DATA])) {
+		/* to avoid potential deadlock */
+		if (current->plug)
+			blk_finish_plug(current->plug);
 		goto skip_write;
+	}
 
 	if (__should_serialize_io(inode, wbc)) {
 		mutex_lock(&sbi->writepages);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 0cd1d51dde06d..3dc7cc3d6ac69 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1995,8 +1995,12 @@ static int f2fs_write_node_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
 		atomic_inc(&sbi->wb_sync_req[NODE]);
-	else if (atomic_read(&sbi->wb_sync_req[NODE]))
+	else if (atomic_read(&sbi->wb_sync_req[NODE])) {
+		/* to avoid potential deadlock */
+		if (current->plug)
+			blk_finish_plug(current->plug);
 		goto skip_write;
+	}
 
 	trace_f2fs_writepages(mapping->host, wbc, NODE);