diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index ebbadde6cbce..196f31503511 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -3107,6 +3107,14 @@ void f2fs_allocate_data_block(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page,
 		type = CURSEG_COLD_DATA;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We need to wait for node_write to avoid block allocation during
+	 * checkpoint. This can only happen to quota writes which can cause
+	 * the below discard race condition.
+	 */
+	if (IS_DATASEG(type))
+		down_write(&sbi->node_write);
+
 	down_read(&SM_I(sbi)->curseg_lock);
 
 	mutex_lock(&curseg->curseg_mutex);
@@ -3172,6 +3180,9 @@ void f2fs_allocate_data_block(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page,
 
 	up_read(&SM_I(sbi)->curseg_lock);
 
+	if (IS_DATASEG(type))
+		up_write(&sbi->node_write);
+
 	if (put_pin_sem)
 		up_read(&sbi->pin_sem);
 }