diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 5c74b2997197..6ee8b1e0e174 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ static int f2fs_do_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 	};
 	unsigned int seq_id = 0;
 
-	if (unlikely(f2fs_readonly(inode->i_sb) ||
-				is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_CP_DISABLED)))
+	if (unlikely(f2fs_readonly(inode->i_sb)))
 		return 0;
 
 	trace_f2fs_sync_file_enter(inode);
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ static int f2fs_do_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 	ret = file_write_and_wait_range(file, start, end);
 	clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEED_IPU);
 
-	if (ret) {
+	if (ret || is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_CP_DISABLED)) {
 		trace_f2fs_sync_file_exit(inode, cp_reason, datasync, ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index c52988067887..476b2c497d28 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1764,8 +1764,17 @@ static int f2fs_disable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 static void f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
+	int retry = DEFAULT_RETRY_IO_COUNT;
+
 	/* we should flush all the data to keep data consistency */
-	sync_inodes_sb(sbi->sb);
+	do {
+		sync_inodes_sb(sbi->sb);
+		cond_resched();
+		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, DEFAULT_IO_TIMEOUT);
+	} while (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA) && retry--);
+
+	if (unlikely(retry < 0))
+		f2fs_warn(sbi, "checkpoint=enable has some unwritten data.");
 
 	down_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
 	f2fs_dirty_to_prefree(sbi);