diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 03fea4efd64b..c65a1e8e1e95 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -1267,8 +1267,10 @@ static void update_ckpt_flags(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct cp_control *cpc)
 
 	if (is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_QUOTA_SKIP_FLUSH))
 		__set_ckpt_flags(ckpt, CP_QUOTA_NEED_FSCK_FLAG);
-	else
-		__clear_ckpt_flags(ckpt, CP_QUOTA_NEED_FSCK_FLAG);
+	/*
+	 * TODO: we count on fsck.f2fs to clear this flag until we figure out
+	 * missing cases which clear it incorrectly.
+	 */
 
 	if (is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_QUOTA_NEED_REPAIR))
 		__set_ckpt_flags(ckpt, CP_QUOTA_NEED_FSCK_FLAG);