diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 19cbf17550c7..3007759dd2dd 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -1242,8 +1242,6 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
 
 	unsigned int nquota_files;		/* # of quota sysfile */
 
-	u32 s_next_generation;			/* for NFS support */
-
 	/* # of pages, see count_type */
 	atomic_t nr_pages[NR_COUNT_TYPE];
 	/* # of allocated blocks */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 62d9829f3a6a..f218d9424d8b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ static struct inode *f2fs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 	F2FS_I(inode)->i_crtime = inode->i_mtime;
-	inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;
+	inode->i_generation = prandom_u32();
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		F2FS_I(inode)->i_current_depth = 1;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 45121190a2ba..42eb5c86330a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -3129,7 +3129,6 @@ try_onemore:
 	sb->s_maxbytes = sbi->max_file_blocks <<
 				le32_to_cpu(raw_super->log_blocksize);
 	sb->s_max_links = F2FS_LINK_MAX;
-	get_random_bytes(&sbi->s_next_generation, sizeof(u32));
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	sb->dq_op = &f2fs_quota_operations;