diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 1b1792199445..d68b0132718a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ static int __f2fs_ioc_setflags(struct inode *inode, unsigned int flags)
 
 	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 	f2fs_set_inode_flags(inode);
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode, true);
 	return 0;
 }