static inline bool inc_valid_block_count(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
                                 struct inode *inode, blkcnt_t *count)
 {
+       blkcnt_t diff;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FAULT_INJECTION
        if (time_to_inject(FAULT_BLOCK))
                return false;
 #endif
+       /*
+        * let's increase this in prior to actual block count change in order
+        * for f2fs_sync_file to avoid data races when deciding checkpoint.
+        */
+       percpu_counter_add(&sbi->alloc_valid_block_count, (*count));
+
        spin_lock(&sbi->stat_lock);
        sbi->total_valid_block_count += (block_t)(*count);
        if (unlikely(sbi->total_valid_block_count > sbi->user_block_count)) {
-               *count -= sbi->total_valid_block_count - sbi->user_block_count;
+               diff = sbi->total_valid_block_count - sbi->user_block_count;
+               *count -= diff;
                sbi->total_valid_block_count = sbi->user_block_count;
                if (!*count) {
                        spin_unlock(&sbi->stat_lock);
+                       percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->alloc_valid_block_count, diff);
                        return false;
                }
        }
        spin_unlock(&sbi->stat_lock);
 
        f2fs_i_blocks_write(inode, *count, true);
-       percpu_counter_add(&sbi->alloc_valid_block_count, (*count));
        return true;
 }