diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 981c34a0cd69..2879704509fd 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_begin_finfo(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci,
 	sci->sc_binfo_ptr = sci->sc_finfo_ptr;
 	nilfs_segctor_map_segsum_entry(
 		sci, &sci->sc_binfo_ptr, sizeof(struct nilfs_finfo));
+
+	if (inode->i_sb && !test_bit(NILFS_SC_HAVE_DELTA, &sci->sc_flags))
+		set_bit(NILFS_SC_HAVE_DELTA, &sci->sc_flags);
 	/* skip finfo */
 }
 
@@ -887,6 +890,11 @@ static int nilfs_segctor_fill_in_checkpoint(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 	raw_cp->cp_create = cpu_to_le64(sci->sc_seg_ctime);
 	raw_cp->cp_cno = cpu_to_le64(nilfs->ns_cno);
 
+	if (test_bit(NILFS_SC_HAVE_DELTA, &sci->sc_flags))
+		nilfs_checkpoint_clear_minor(raw_cp);
+	else
+		nilfs_checkpoint_set_minor(raw_cp);
+
 	nilfs_write_inode_common(sbi->s_ifile, &raw_cp->cp_ifile_inode, 1);
 	nilfs_cpfile_put_checkpoint(nilfs->ns_cpfile, nilfs->ns_cno, bh_cp);
 	return 0;
@@ -2091,6 +2099,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_complete_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 		nilfs_set_last_segment(nilfs, segbuf->sb_pseg_start,
 				       segbuf->sb_sum.seg_seq, nilfs->ns_cno);
 
+		clear_bit(NILFS_SC_HAVE_DELTA, &sci->sc_flags);
 		clear_bit(NILFS_SC_DIRTY, &sci->sc_flags);
 		set_bit(NILFS_SC_SUPER_ROOT, &sci->sc_flags);
 	} else
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.h b/fs/nilfs2/segment.h
index fbd162d71707..bb7d417fec62 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.h
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ enum {
 	NILFS_SC_SUPER_ROOT,	/* The latest segment has a super root */
 	NILFS_SC_PRIOR_FLUSH,	/* Requesting immediate flush without making a
 				   checkpoint */
+	NILFS_SC_HAVE_DELTA,	/* Next checkpoint will have update of files
+				   other than DAT, cpfile, sufile, or files
+				   moved by GC */
 };
 
 /* sc_state */
diff --git a/include/linux/nilfs2_fs.h b/include/linux/nilfs2_fs.h
index e9c84aa4a8e1..cbce6647f7fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/nilfs2_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nilfs2_fs.h
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ enum {
 	NILFS_CHECKPOINT_SNAPSHOT,
 	NILFS_CHECKPOINT_INVALID,
 	NILFS_CHECKPOINT_SKETCH,
+	NILFS_CHECKPOINT_MINOR,
 };
 
 #define NILFS_CHECKPOINT_FNS(flag, name)				\
@@ -494,6 +495,7 @@ nilfs_checkpoint_##name(const struct nilfs_checkpoint *cp)		\
 
 NILFS_CHECKPOINT_FNS(SNAPSHOT, snapshot)
 NILFS_CHECKPOINT_FNS(INVALID, invalid)
+NILFS_CHECKPOINT_FNS(MINOR, minor)
 
 /**
  * struct nilfs_cpinfo - checkpoint information
@@ -526,6 +528,7 @@ nilfs_cpinfo_##name(const struct nilfs_cpinfo *cpinfo)			\
 
 NILFS_CPINFO_FNS(SNAPSHOT, snapshot)
 NILFS_CPINFO_FNS(INVALID, invalid)
+NILFS_CPINFO_FNS(MINOR, minor)
 
 
 /**