diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 32d479f5c977..9f2015be5585 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -2088,6 +2088,9 @@ static bool add_free_nid(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	if (unlikely(nid == 0))
 		return false;
 
+	if (unlikely(f2fs_check_nid_range(sbi, nid)))
+		return false;
+
 	i = f2fs_kmem_cache_alloc(free_nid_slab, GFP_NOFS);
 	i->nid = nid;
 	i->state = FREE_NID;