p->ofs_unit = sbi->segs_per_sec;
        }
 
-       if (p->max_search > sbi->max_victim_search)
+       /* we need to check every dirty segments in the FG_GC case */
+       if (gc_type != FG_GC && p->max_search > sbi->max_victim_search)
                p->max_search = sbi->max_victim_search;
 
        p->offset = sbi->last_victim[p->gc_mode];
        for_each_set_bit(secno, dirty_i->victim_secmap, MAIN_SECS(sbi)) {
                if (sec_usage_check(sbi, secno))
                        continue;
+
+               if (no_fggc_candidate(sbi, secno))
+                       continue;
+
                clear_bit(secno, dirty_i->victim_secmap);
                return secno * sbi->segs_per_sec;
        }
                        nsearched++;
                }
 
-
                secno = GET_SECNO(sbi, segno);
 
                if (sec_usage_check(sbi, secno))
                        goto next;
                if (gc_type == BG_GC && test_bit(secno, dirty_i->victim_secmap))
                        goto next;
+               if (gc_type == FG_GC && p.alloc_mode == LFS &&
+                                       no_fggc_candidate(sbi, secno))
+                       goto next;
 
                cost = get_gc_cost(sbi, segno, &p);
 
 
 void build_gc_manager(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
+       u64 main_count, resv_count, ovp_count, blocks_per_sec;
+
        DIRTY_I(sbi)->v_ops = &default_v_ops;
+
+       /* threshold of # of valid blocks in a section for victims of FG_GC */
+       main_count = SM_I(sbi)->main_segments << sbi->log_blocks_per_seg;
+       resv_count = SM_I(sbi)->reserved_segments << sbi->log_blocks_per_seg;
+       ovp_count = SM_I(sbi)->ovp_segments << sbi->log_blocks_per_seg;
+       blocks_per_sec = sbi->blocks_per_seg * sbi->segs_per_sec;
+
+       sbi->fggc_threshold = div_u64((main_count - ovp_count) * blocks_per_sec,
+                                       (main_count - resv_count));
 }
 
                                - (base + 1) + type;
 }
 
+static inline bool no_fggc_candidate(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
+                                               unsigned int secno)
+{
+       if (get_valid_blocks(sbi, secno, sbi->segs_per_sec) >=
+                                               sbi->fggc_threshold)
+               return true;
+       return false;
+}
+
 static inline bool sec_usage_check(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int secno)
 {
        if (IS_CURSEC(sbi, secno) || (sbi->cur_victim_sec == secno))