diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index af7454939362ee3e6c34e7c8dddcb4bdbc7afe7e..c320f7f313278fed47835196a752ced529432938 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ struct page *get_lock_data_page(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
  *
  * Also, caller should grab and release a mutex by calling mutex_lock_op() and
  * mutex_unlock_op().
+ * Note that, npage is set only by make_empty_dir.
  */
 struct page *get_new_data_page(struct inode *inode,
 		struct page *npage, pgoff_t index, bool new_i_size)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 7db6e58622d9f15eeed3f65560fcdfe587b313bc..fc1dacf55b3af966d02b64786af7568822c5c1b1 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -264,15 +264,10 @@ void f2fs_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct f2fs_dir_entry *de,
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
 }
 
-void init_dent_inode(const struct qstr *name, struct page *ipage)
+static void init_dent_inode(const struct qstr *name, struct page *ipage)
 {
 	struct f2fs_node *rn;
 
-	if (IS_ERR(ipage))
-		return;
-
-	wait_on_page_writeback(ipage);
-
 	/* copy name info. to this inode page */
 	rn = (struct f2fs_node *)page_address(ipage);
 	rn->i.i_namelen = cpu_to_le32(name->len);
@@ -280,14 +275,15 @@ void init_dent_inode(const struct qstr *name, struct page *ipage)
 	set_page_dirty(ipage);
 }
 
-static int make_empty_dir(struct inode *inode, struct inode *parent)
+static int make_empty_dir(struct inode *inode,
+		struct inode *parent, struct page *page)
 {
 	struct page *dentry_page;
 	struct f2fs_dentry_block *dentry_blk;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de;
 	void *kaddr;
 
-	dentry_page = get_new_data_page(inode, NULL, 0, true);
+	dentry_page = get_new_data_page(inode, page, 0, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry_page))
 		return PTR_ERR(dentry_page);
 
@@ -317,42 +313,47 @@ static int make_empty_dir(struct inode *inode, struct inode *parent)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int init_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode,
+static struct page *init_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode,
 		struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name)
 {
+	struct page *page;
+	int err;
+
 	if (is_inode_flag_set(F2FS_I(inode), FI_NEW_INODE)) {
-		int err;
-		err = new_inode_page(inode, name);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
+		page = new_inode_page(inode, name);
+		if (IS_ERR(page))
+			return page;
 
 		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-			err = make_empty_dir(inode, dir);
-			if (err) {
-				remove_inode_page(inode);
-				return err;
-			}
+			err = make_empty_dir(inode, dir, page);
+			if (err)
+				goto error;
 		}
 
 		err = f2fs_init_acl(inode, dir);
-		if (err) {
-			remove_inode_page(inode);
-			return err;
-		}
+		if (err)
+			goto error;
+
+		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 	} else {
-		struct page *ipage;
-		ipage = get_node_page(F2FS_SB(dir->i_sb), inode->i_ino);
-		if (IS_ERR(ipage))
-			return PTR_ERR(ipage);
-		set_cold_node(inode, ipage);
-		init_dent_inode(name, ipage);
-		f2fs_put_page(ipage, 1);
+		page = get_node_page(F2FS_SB(dir->i_sb), inode->i_ino);
+		if (IS_ERR(page))
+			return page;
+
+		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+		set_cold_node(inode, page);
 	}
-	if (is_inode_flag_set(F2FS_I(inode), FI_INC_LINK)) {
+
+	init_dent_inode(name, page);
+
+	if (is_inode_flag_set(F2FS_I(inode), FI_INC_LINK))
 		inc_nlink(inode);
-		update_inode_page(inode);
-	}
-	return 0;
+	return page;
+
+error:
+	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
+	remove_inode_page(inode);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 static void update_parent_metadata(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
@@ -423,6 +424,7 @@ int __f2fs_add_link(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name, struct inode *in
 	struct page *dentry_page = NULL;
 	struct f2fs_dentry_block *dentry_blk = NULL;
 	int slots = GET_DENTRY_SLOTS(namelen);
+	struct page *page;
 	int err = 0;
 	int i;
 
@@ -465,12 +467,13 @@ int __f2fs_add_link(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name, struct inode *in
 	++level;
 	goto start;
 add_dentry:
-	err = init_inode_metadata(inode, dir, name);
-	if (err)
-		goto fail;
-
 	wait_on_page_writeback(dentry_page);
 
+	page = init_inode_metadata(inode, dir, name);
+	if (IS_ERR(page)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(page);
+		goto fail;
+	}
 	de = &dentry_blk->dentry[bit_pos];
 	de->hash_code = dentry_hash;
 	de->name_len = cpu_to_le16(namelen);
@@ -481,10 +484,12 @@ int __f2fs_add_link(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name, struct inode *in
 		test_and_set_bit_le(bit_pos + i, &dentry_blk->dentry_bitmap);
 	set_page_dirty(dentry_page);
 
-	update_parent_metadata(dir, inode, current_depth);
-
-	/* update parent inode number before releasing dentry page */
+	/* we don't need to mark_inode_dirty now */
 	F2FS_I(inode)->i_pino = dir->i_ino;
+	update_inode(inode, page);
+	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
+
+	update_parent_metadata(dir, inode, current_depth);
 fail:
 	kunmap(dentry_page);
 	f2fs_put_page(dentry_page, 1);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index cbae2b663ebafb54b13f8109e1dd60aaa9774daf..9360a03fcc966bb556ef1fa4cc51eb74506e2c2f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -914,7 +914,6 @@ struct f2fs_dir_entry *f2fs_parent_dir(struct inode *, struct page **);
 ino_t f2fs_inode_by_name(struct inode *, struct qstr *);
 void f2fs_set_link(struct inode *, struct f2fs_dir_entry *,
 				struct page *, struct inode *);
-void init_dent_inode(const struct qstr *, struct page *);
 int __f2fs_add_link(struct inode *, const struct qstr *, struct inode *);
 void f2fs_delete_entry(struct f2fs_dir_entry *, struct page *, struct inode *);
 int f2fs_make_empty(struct inode *, struct inode *);
@@ -949,7 +948,7 @@ void get_node_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *, nid_t, struct node_info *);
 int get_dnode_of_data(struct dnode_of_data *, pgoff_t, int);
 int truncate_inode_blocks(struct inode *, pgoff_t);
 int remove_inode_page(struct inode *);
-int new_inode_page(struct inode *, const struct qstr *);
+struct page *new_inode_page(struct inode *, const struct qstr *);
 struct page *new_node_page(struct dnode_of_data *, unsigned int);
 void ra_node_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *, nid_t);
 struct page *get_node_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *, pgoff_t);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index f63f0a4046c6145fdeb2288f070194e8bf7dda48..b41482de492f70953837ab162ba3245b71fef677 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -806,19 +806,15 @@ int remove_inode_page(struct inode *inode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int new_inode_page(struct inode *inode, const struct qstr *name)
+struct page *new_inode_page(struct inode *inode, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct page *page;
 	struct dnode_of_data dn;
 
 	/* allocate inode page for new inode */
 	set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, NULL, NULL, inode->i_ino);
-	page = new_node_page(&dn, 0);
-	init_dent_inode(name, page);
-	if (IS_ERR(page))
-		return PTR_ERR(page);
-	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
-	return 0;
+
+	/* caller should f2fs_put_page(page, 1); */
+	return new_node_page(&dn, 0);
 }
 
 struct page *new_node_page(struct dnode_of_data *dn, unsigned int ofs)