diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 6c7f6a649d27..9b546fd21010 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -2751,11 +2751,11 @@ recover_xnid:
 	f2fs_update_inode_page(inode);
 
 	/* 3: update and set xattr node page dirty */
-	if (page)
+	if (page) {
 		memcpy(F2FS_NODE(xpage), F2FS_NODE(page),
 				VALID_XATTR_BLOCK_SIZE);
-
-	set_page_dirty(xpage);
+		set_page_dirty(xpage);
+	}
 	f2fs_put_page(xpage, 1);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index a8fc2cac6879..f290fe9327c4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -660,11 +660,14 @@ retry:
 	here = __find_xattr(base_addr, last_base_addr, NULL, index, len, name);
 	if (!here) {
 		if (!F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid) {
+			error = f2fs_recover_xattr_data(inode, NULL);
 			f2fs_notice(F2FS_I_SB(inode),
-				"recover xattr in inode (%lu)", inode->i_ino);
-			f2fs_recover_xattr_data(inode, NULL);
-			kfree(base_addr);
-			goto retry;
+				"recover xattr in inode (%lu), error(%d)",
+					inode->i_ino, error);
+			if (!error) {
+				kfree(base_addr);
+				goto retry;
+			}
 		}
 		f2fs_err(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "set inode (%lu) has corrupted xattr",
 								inode->i_ino);