diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 36d6a6803916..0655c5c20eee 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ enum {
 #define DEF_CP_INTERVAL			60	/* 60 secs */
 #define DEF_IDLE_INTERVAL		5	/* 5 secs */
 #define DEF_DISABLE_INTERVAL		5	/* 5 secs */
+#define DEF_ENABLE_INTERVAL		16	/* 16 secs */
 #define DEF_DISABLE_QUICK_INTERVAL	1	/* 1 secs */
 #define DEF_UMOUNT_DISCARD_TIMEOUT	5	/* 5 secs */
 
@@ -1397,6 +1398,7 @@ enum {
 	DISCARD_TIME,
 	GC_TIME,
 	DISABLE_TIME,
+	ENABLE_TIME,
 	UMOUNT_DISCARD_TIMEOUT,
 	MAX_TIME,
 };
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 195ec6e598d2..7f5ee1daa5a4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2594,16 +2594,24 @@ restore_flag:
 
 static void f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	int retry = DEFAULT_RETRY_IO_COUNT;
+	unsigned int nr_pages = get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA) / 16;
+
+	f2fs_update_time(sbi, ENABLE_TIME);
 
 	/* we should flush all the data to keep data consistency */
-	do {
-		sync_inodes_sb(sbi->sb);
+	while (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA)) {
+		writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sbi->sb, nr_pages, WB_REASON_SYNC);
 		f2fs_io_schedule_timeout(DEFAULT_IO_TIMEOUT);
-	} while (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA) && retry--);
 
-	if (unlikely(retry < 0))
-		f2fs_warn(sbi, "checkpoint=enable has some unwritten data.");
+		if (f2fs_time_over(sbi, ENABLE_TIME))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	sync_inodes_sb(sbi->sb);
+
+	if (unlikely(get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA)))
+		f2fs_warn(sbi, "checkpoint=enable has some unwritten data: %lld",
+					get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA));
 
 	f2fs_down_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
 	f2fs_dirty_to_prefree(sbi);
@@ -4200,6 +4208,7 @@ static void init_sb_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	sbi->interval_time[DISCARD_TIME] = DEF_IDLE_INTERVAL;
 	sbi->interval_time[GC_TIME] = DEF_IDLE_INTERVAL;
 	sbi->interval_time[DISABLE_TIME] = DEF_DISABLE_INTERVAL;
+	sbi->interval_time[ENABLE_TIME] = DEF_ENABLE_INTERVAL;
 	sbi->interval_time[UMOUNT_DISCARD_TIMEOUT] =
 				DEF_UMOUNT_DISCARD_TIMEOUT;
 	clear_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);