diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index 6b240b71d2e8..24e93fb254c5 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -998,8 +998,10 @@ static bool is_alive(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct f2fs_summary *sum,
 		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
 	}
 
-	if (f2fs_check_nid_range(sbi, dni->ino))
+	if (f2fs_check_nid_range(sbi, dni->ino)) {
+		f2fs_put_page(node_page, 1);
 		return false;
+	}
 
 	*nofs = ofs_of_node(node_page);
 	source_blkaddr = data_blkaddr(NULL, node_page, ofs_in_node);