diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 5c0b281a70f3..0cbaeb97c7f5 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -825,6 +825,8 @@ static bool f2fs_force_buffered_io(struct inode *inode, int rw)
 		return true;
 	if (f2fs_compressed_file(inode))
 		return true;
+	if (f2fs_has_inline_data(inode))
+		return true;
 
 	/* disallow direct IO if any of devices has unaligned blksize */
 	if (f2fs_is_multi_device(sbi) && !sbi->aligned_blksize)