diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index fedbf67a0842..928b9e046d8a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -522,8 +522,10 @@ static bool is_alive(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct f2fs_summary *sum,
 	get_node_info(sbi, nid, dni);
 
 	if (sum->version != dni->version) {
-		f2fs_put_page(node_page, 1);
-		return false;
+		f2fs_msg(sbi->sb, KERN_WARNING,
+				"%s: valid data with mismatched node version.",
+				__func__);
+		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
 	}
 
 	*nofs = ofs_of_node(node_page);