diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 21d2097f170e..4b4c2d339846 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ int f2fs_get_node_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid,
 	int i;
 
 	ni->nid = nid;
-
+retry:
 	/* Check nat cache */
 	down_read(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);
 	e = __lookup_nat_cache(nm_i, nid);
@@ -546,10 +546,19 @@ int f2fs_get_node_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	memset(&ne, 0, sizeof(struct f2fs_nat_entry));
+	/*
+	 * Check current segment summary by trying to grab journal_rwsem first.
+	 * This sem is on the critical path on the checkpoint requiring the above
+	 * nat_tree_lock. Therefore, we should retry, if we failed to grab here
+	 * while not bothering checkpoint.
+	 */
+	if (!rwsem_is_locked(&sbi->cp_global_sem)) {
+		down_read(&curseg->journal_rwsem);
+	} else if (!down_read_trylock(&curseg->journal_rwsem)) {
+		up_read(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);
+		goto retry;
+	}
 
-	/* Check current segment summary */
-	down_read(&curseg->journal_rwsem);
 	i = f2fs_lookup_journal_in_cursum(journal, NAT_JOURNAL, nid, 0);
 	if (i >= 0) {
 		ne = nat_in_journal(journal, i);