diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 9d9f4c9750c4..6055d2d12640 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1410,6 +1410,10 @@ static int __write_node_page(struct page *page, bool atomic, bool *submitted,
 	if (unlikely(is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_POR_DOING)))
 		goto redirty_out;
 
+	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE &&
+			IS_DNODE(page) && is_cold_node(page))
+		goto redirty_out;
+
 	/* get old block addr of this node page */
 	nid = nid_of_node(page);
 	f2fs_bug_on(sbi, page->index != nid);
@@ -1727,10 +1731,12 @@ continue_unlock:
 	}
 
 	if (step < 2) {
+		if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE && step == 1)
+			goto out;
 		step++;
 		goto next_step;
 	}
-
+out:
 	if (nwritten)
 		f2fs_submit_merged_write(sbi, NODE);
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.h b/fs/f2fs/node.h
index 8f34bdffde93..0f4db7a61254 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.h
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ static inline bool excess_cached_nats(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	return NM_I(sbi)->nat_cnt >= DEF_NAT_CACHE_THRESHOLD;
 }
 
+static inline bool excess_dirty_nodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
+{
+	return get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES) >= sbi->blocks_per_seg * 8;
+}
+
 enum mem_type {
 	FREE_NIDS,	/* indicates the free nid list */
 	NAT_ENTRIES,	/* indicates the cached nat entry */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 631e15345752..3662e1f429b4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ void f2fs_balance_fs_bg(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	else
 		f2fs_build_free_nids(sbi, false, false);
 
-	if (!is_idle(sbi) && !excess_dirty_nats(sbi))
+	if (!is_idle(sbi) &&
+		(!excess_dirty_nats(sbi) && !excess_dirty_nodes(sbi)))
 		return;
 
 	/* checkpoint is the only way to shrink partial cached entries */
@@ -517,6 +518,7 @@ void f2fs_balance_fs_bg(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 			!f2fs_available_free_memory(sbi, INO_ENTRIES) ||
 			excess_prefree_segs(sbi) ||
 			excess_dirty_nats(sbi) ||
+			excess_dirty_nodes(sbi) ||
 			f2fs_time_over(sbi, CP_TIME)) {
 		if (test_opt(sbi, DATA_FLUSH)) {
 			struct blk_plug plug;