diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index b39bf416d511..9bcd77db980d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -1147,7 +1147,8 @@ static bool __need_flush_quota(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	if (!is_journalled_quota(sbi))
 		return false;
 
-	down_write(&sbi->quota_sem);
+	if (!down_write_trylock(&sbi->quota_sem))
+		return true;
 	if (is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_QUOTA_SKIP_FLUSH)) {
 		ret = false;
 	} else if (is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_QUOTA_NEED_REPAIR)) {