diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 8b0002f05451..2ca53f7b94e9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1571,11 +1571,11 @@ static int f2fs_release_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	if (f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode))
 		f2fs_drop_inmem_pages(inode);
 	if (f2fs_is_volatile_file(inode)) {
-		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_VOLATILE_FILE);
-		stat_dec_volatile_write(inode);
 		set_inode_flag(inode, FI_DROP_CACHE);
 		filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
 		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_DROP_CACHE);
+		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_VOLATILE_FILE);
+		stat_dec_volatile_write(inode);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }