diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 291d2ca53a4c..6c335180b9d8 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -570,6 +570,8 @@ int truncate_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 from, bool lock)
 	if (f2fs_has_inline_data(inode)) {
 		if (truncate_inline_inode(ipage, from))
 			set_page_dirty(ipage);
+		if (from == 0)
+			clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_DATA_EXIST);
 		f2fs_put_page(ipage, 1);
 		truncate_page = true;
 		goto out;