diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 7ff3ac7a1ce8..2bb9b577b598 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -1839,7 +1839,8 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *inode_entry_slab;
 /*
  * inline.c
  */
-bool f2fs_may_inline(struct inode *);
+bool f2fs_may_inline_data(struct inode *);
+bool f2fs_may_inline_dentry(struct inode *);
 void read_inline_data(struct page *, struct page *);
 bool truncate_inline_inode(struct page *, u64);
 int f2fs_read_inline_data(struct inode *, struct page *);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 3d6de54fead0..ffd9b7e49be7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ void f2fs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	trace_f2fs_truncate(inode);
 
 	/* we should check inline_data size */
-	if (f2fs_has_inline_data(inode) && !f2fs_may_inline(inode)) {
+	if (f2fs_has_inline_data(inode) && !f2fs_may_inline_data(inode)) {
 		if (f2fs_convert_inline_inode(inode))
 			return;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inline.c b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
index 8140e4f0e538..99d514815af7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inline.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "f2fs.h"
 
-bool f2fs_may_inline(struct inode *inode)
+bool f2fs_may_inline_data(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (!test_opt(F2FS_I_SB(inode), INLINE_DATA))
 		return false;
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ bool f2fs_may_inline(struct inode *inode)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool f2fs_may_inline_dentry(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (!test_opt(F2FS_I_SB(inode), INLINE_DENTRY))
+		return false;
+
+	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 void read_inline_data(struct page *page, struct page *ipage)
 {
 	void *src_addr, *dst_addr;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index a311c3ce3918..c0ba8e3bc5b2 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ static struct inode *f2fs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (f2fs_may_inline(inode))
+	if (f2fs_may_inline_data(inode))
 		set_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_INLINE_DATA);
-	if (test_opt(sbi, INLINE_DENTRY) && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+	if (f2fs_may_inline_dentry(inode))
 		set_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_INLINE_DENTRY);
 
 	trace_f2fs_new_inode(inode, 0);