diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 321bfca8a4f9..1da2ceaaac3e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1536,6 +1536,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write(struct file *filp)
 		goto out;
 
 	set_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_FILE);
+	set_inode_flag(inode, FI_HOT_DATA);
 	f2fs_update_time(F2FS_I_SB(inode), REQ_TIME);
 
 	if (!get_dirty_pages(inode))