diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 07ad850bbf97f5f975382f6d8ac6bc5100e3ae0b..f0b463049444218c789c76aebc139f2ed45d279c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -190,9 +190,6 @@ struct f2fs_dir_entry *f2fs_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 	unsigned int max_depth;
 	unsigned int level;
 
-	if (unlikely(namelen > F2FS_NAME_LEN))
-		return NULL;
-
 	if (npages == 0)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
index a3f4542160cf1abb099a94419afe2bb19bfd56b9..4d411a26b85d547f1ca05f23af7de6f2424a4518 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ static int recover_dentry(struct page *ipage, struct inode *inode)
 
 	name.len = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_namelen);
 	name.name = raw_inode->i_name;
+
+	if (unlikely(name.len > F2FS_NAME_LEN)) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		err = -ENAMETOOLONG;
+		goto out;
+	}
 retry:
 	de = f2fs_find_entry(dir, &name, &page);
 	if (de && inode->i_ino == le32_to_cpu(de->ino))