diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 887e559884501a..d635c58cf5a394 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -775,8 +775,15 @@ int f2fs_add_dentry(struct inode *dir, const struct f2fs_filename *fname,
 {
 	int err = -EAGAIN;
 
-	if (f2fs_has_inline_dentry(dir))
+	if (f2fs_has_inline_dentry(dir)) {
+		/*
+		 * Should get i_xattr_sem to keep the lock order:
+		 * i_xattr_sem -> inode_page lock used by f2fs_setxattr.
+		 */
+		f2fs_down_read(&F2FS_I(dir)->i_xattr_sem);
 		err = f2fs_add_inline_entry(dir, fname, inode, ino, mode);
+		f2fs_up_read(&F2FS_I(dir)->i_xattr_sem);
+	}
 	if (err == -EAGAIN)
 		err = f2fs_add_regular_entry(dir, fname, inode, ino, mode);
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index 213805d3592cca..476b186b90a6c7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -528,10 +528,12 @@ int f2fs_getxattr(struct inode *inode, int index, const char *name,
 	if (len > F2FS_NAME_LEN)
 		return -ERANGE;
 
-	f2fs_down_read(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_sem);
+	if (!ipage)
+		f2fs_down_read(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_sem);
 	error = lookup_all_xattrs(inode, ipage, index, len, name,
 				&entry, &base_addr, &base_size, &is_inline);
-	f2fs_up_read(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_sem);
+	if (!ipage)
+		f2fs_up_read(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_sem);
 	if (error)
 		return error;