diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index ca884e39a5ff..c3d6456eaa76 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -2526,8 +2526,14 @@ static inline void dec_valid_block_count(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	blkcnt_t sectors = count << F2FS_LOG_SECTORS_PER_BLOCK;
 
 	spin_lock(&sbi->stat_lock);
-	f2fs_bug_on(sbi, sbi->total_valid_block_count < (block_t) count);
-	sbi->total_valid_block_count -= (block_t)count;
+	if (unlikely(sbi->total_valid_block_count < count)) {
+		f2fs_warn(sbi, "Inconsistent total_valid_block_count:%u, ino:%lu, count:%u",
+			  sbi->total_valid_block_count, inode->i_ino, count);
+		sbi->total_valid_block_count = 0;
+		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
+	} else {
+		sbi->total_valid_block_count -= count;
+	}
 	if (sbi->reserved_blocks &&
 		sbi->current_reserved_blocks < sbi->reserved_blocks)
 		sbi->current_reserved_blocks = min(sbi->reserved_blocks,