diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 7ce33698ae38..48bb5d3c709d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -2718,6 +2718,9 @@ static void remove_nats_in_journal(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		struct f2fs_nat_entry raw_ne;
 		nid_t nid = le32_to_cpu(nid_in_journal(journal, i));
 
+		if (f2fs_check_nid_range(sbi, nid))
+			continue;
+
 		raw_ne = nat_in_journal(journal, i);
 
 		ne = __lookup_nat_cache(nm_i, nid);