diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inline.c b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
index bb6a152310ef..404d2462a0fe 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inline.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
@@ -420,6 +420,14 @@ static int f2fs_move_inline_dirents(struct inode *dir, struct page *ipage,
 	stat_dec_inline_dir(dir);
 	clear_inode_flag(dir, FI_INLINE_DENTRY);
 
+	/*
+	 * should retrieve reserved space which was used to keep
+	 * inline_dentry's structure for backward compatibility.
+	 */
+	if (!f2fs_sb_has_flexible_inline_xattr(F2FS_I_SB(dir)) &&
+			!f2fs_has_inline_xattr(dir))
+		F2FS_I(dir)->i_inline_xattr_size = 0;
+
 	f2fs_i_depth_write(dir, 1);
 	if (i_size_read(dir) < PAGE_SIZE)
 		f2fs_i_size_write(dir, PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -501,6 +509,15 @@ static int f2fs_move_rehashed_dirents(struct inode *dir, struct page *ipage,
 
 	stat_dec_inline_dir(dir);
 	clear_inode_flag(dir, FI_INLINE_DENTRY);
+
+	/*
+	 * should retrieve reserved space which was used to keep
+	 * inline_dentry's structure for backward compatibility.
+	 */
+	if (!f2fs_sb_has_flexible_inline_xattr(F2FS_I_SB(dir)) &&
+			!f2fs_has_inline_xattr(dir))
+		F2FS_I(dir)->i_inline_xattr_size = 0;
+
 	kvfree(backup_dentry);
 	return 0;
 recover: