1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index b2b77ccea82b..2b7c255bcbdf 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -550,12 +550,11 @@ void f2fs_delete_entry(struct f2fs_dir_entry *dentry, struct page *page,
 
         dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
-        if (inode && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-                drop_nlink(dir);
-                update_inode_page(dir);
-        }
-
         if (inode) {
+                if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+                        drop_nlink(dir);
+                        update_inode_page(dir);
+                }
                 inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
                 drop_nlink(inode);
                 if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {