diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index d57245deca99..645273c8b341 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -245,6 +245,18 @@ static inline unsigned int get_gc_cost(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 		return get_cb_cost(sbi, segno);
 }
 
+static unsigned int count_bits(const unsigned long *addr,
+				unsigned int offset, unsigned int len)
+{
+	unsigned int end = offset + len, sum = 0;
+
+	while (offset < end) {
+		if (test_bit(offset++, addr))
+			++sum;
+	}
+	return sum;
+}
+
 /*
  * This function is called from two paths.
  * One is garbage collection and the other is SSR segment selection.
@@ -260,7 +272,7 @@ static int get_victim_by_default(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	struct victim_sel_policy p;
 	unsigned int secno, max_cost;
 	unsigned int last_segment = MAIN_SEGS(sbi);
-	int nsearched = 0;
+	unsigned int nsearched = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dirty_i->seglist_lock);
 
@@ -295,26 +307,31 @@ static int get_victim_by_default(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 		}
 
 		p.offset = segno + p.ofs_unit;
-		if (p.ofs_unit > 1)
+		if (p.ofs_unit > 1) {
 			p.offset -= segno % p.ofs_unit;
+			nsearched += count_bits(p.dirty_segmap,
+						p.offset - p.ofs_unit,
+						p.ofs_unit);
+		} else {
+			nsearched++;
+		}
+
 
 		secno = GET_SECNO(sbi, segno);
 
 		if (sec_usage_check(sbi, secno))
-			continue;
+			goto next;
 		if (gc_type == BG_GC && test_bit(secno, dirty_i->victim_secmap))
-			continue;
+			goto next;
 
 		cost = get_gc_cost(sbi, segno, &p);
 
 		if (p.min_cost > cost) {
 			p.min_segno = segno;
 			p.min_cost = cost;
-		} else if (unlikely(cost == max_cost)) {
-			continue;
 		}
-
-		if (nsearched++ >= p.max_search) {
+next:
+		if (nsearched >= p.max_search) {
 			sbi->last_victim[p.gc_mode] = segno;
 			break;
 		}