diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 9865f6d52fe4..c2e4c6ce2cf7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -330,8 +330,7 @@ static int get_victim_by_default(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	p.min_cost = get_max_cost(sbi, &p);
 
 	if (*result != NULL_SEGNO) {
-		if (IS_DATASEG(get_seg_entry(sbi, *result)->type) &&
-			get_valid_blocks(sbi, *result, false) &&
+		if (get_valid_blocks(sbi, *result, false) &&
 			!sec_usage_check(sbi, GET_SEC_FROM_SEG(sbi, *result)))
 			p.min_segno = *result;
 		goto out;