diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 8e4daee0171f..dfa99cd195b8 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -1451,7 +1451,8 @@ 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)) {
 				set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
 				continue;
 			}