diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 0568e07a6023..a5aa5340445a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -2675,6 +2675,7 @@ static int f2fs_defragment_range(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 			}
 
 			set_page_dirty(page);
+			set_page_private_gcing(page);
 			f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
 
 			idx++;