diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 29c04ed..1e90934 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -1733,6 +1733,9 @@
 	mutex_lock(&curseg->curseg_mutex);
 	mutex_lock(&sit_i->sentry_lock);
 
+	if (!sit_i->dirty_sentries)
+		goto out;
+
 	/*
 	 * add and account sit entries of dirty bitmap in sit entry
 	 * set temporarily
@@ -1747,9 +1750,6 @@
 	if (!__has_cursum_space(sum, sit_i->dirty_sentries, SIT_JOURNAL))
 		remove_sits_in_journal(sbi);
 
-	if (!sit_i->dirty_sentries)
-		goto out;
-
 	/*
 	 * there are two steps to flush sit entries:
 	 * #1, flush sit entries to journal in current cold data summary block.