diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index ff447bbb5248..fb4494c54484 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -958,7 +958,8 @@ next_step:
 
 		if (phase == 3) {
 			inode = f2fs_iget(sb, dni.ino);
-			if (IS_ERR(inode) || is_bad_inode(inode))
+			if (IS_ERR(inode) || is_bad_inode(inode) ||
+					special_file(inode->i_mode))
 				continue;
 
 			if (!down_write_trylock(