diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index b9b1d6b147e8..4131e3cfd1cf 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ struct inode *f2fs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		goto bad_inode;
 	}
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	stat_inc_inline_inode(inode);
 	stat_inc_inline_dir(inode);
 	trace_f2fs_iget(inode);
 	return inode;
@@ -296,12 +297,12 @@ void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
 	remove_inode_page(inode);
-	stat_dec_inline_inode(inode);
 	f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
 
 	sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 no_delete:
 	stat_dec_inline_dir(inode);
+	stat_dec_inline_inode(inode);
 	invalidate_mapping_pages(NODE_MAPPING(sbi), inode->i_ino, inode->i_ino);
 	if (xnid)
 		invalidate_mapping_pages(NODE_MAPPING(sbi), xnid, xnid);
@@ -327,7 +328,6 @@ void handle_failed_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		f2fs_truncate(inode);
 
 	remove_inode_page(inode);
-	stat_dec_inline_inode(inode);
 
 	clear_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_INLINE_DENTRY);
 	alloc_nid_failed(sbi, inode->i_ino);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 94ba2912ee05..a004a978096f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ static struct dentry *f2fs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		inode = f2fs_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
 		if (IS_ERR(inode))
 			return ERR_CAST(inode);
-
-		stat_inc_inline_inode(inode);
 	}
 
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);