diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index ab3602576fb2..8f8685e16863 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -998,6 +998,7 @@ enum {
 	FI_INLINE_DATA,		/* used for inline data*/
 	FI_APPEND_WRITE,	/* inode has appended data */
 	FI_UPDATE_WRITE,	/* inode has in-place-update data */
+	FI_NEED_IPU,		/* used fo ipu for fdatasync */
 };
 
 static inline void set_inode_flag(struct f2fs_inode_info *fi, int flag)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 9b888fbf08b6..95501358932c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -127,7 +127,14 @@ int f2fs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		return 0;
 
 	trace_f2fs_sync_file_enter(inode);
+
+	/* if fdatasync is triggered, let's do in-place-update */
+	if (datasync)
+		set_inode_flag(fi, FI_NEED_IPU);
+
 	ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
+	if (datasync)
+		clear_inode_flag(fi, FI_NEED_IPU);
 	if (ret) {
 		trace_f2fs_sync_file_exit(inode, need_cp, datasync, ret);
 		return ret;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.h b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
index ee5c75e08d9c..55973f7b0330 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
@@ -486,6 +486,10 @@ static inline bool need_inplace_update(struct inode *inode)
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		return false;
 
+	/* this is only set during fdatasync */
+	if (is_inode_flag_set(F2FS_I(inode), FI_NEED_IPU))
+		return true;
+
 	switch (SM_I(sbi)->ipu_policy) {
 	case F2FS_IPU_FORCE:
 		return true;