diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index b1de01da1a40..3d1144908ac6 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -514,6 +514,29 @@ void remove_dirty_dir_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	}
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->dir_inode_lock);
+
+	/* Only from the recovery routine */
+	if (is_inode_flag_set(F2FS_I(inode), FI_DELAY_IPUT))
+		iput(inode);
+}
+
+struct inode *check_dirty_dir_inode(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino)
+{
+	struct list_head *head = &sbi->dir_inode_list;
+	struct list_head *this;
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&sbi->dir_inode_lock);
+	list_for_each(this, head) {
+		struct dir_inode_entry *entry;
+		entry = list_entry(this, struct dir_inode_entry, list);
+		if (entry->inode->i_ino == ino) {
+			inode = entry->inode;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->dir_inode_lock);
+	return inode;
 }
 
 void sync_dirty_dir_inodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 20aab02f2a42..ef6cac8c16a5 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@ enum {
 	FI_INC_LINK,		/* need to increment i_nlink */
 	FI_ACL_MODE,		/* indicate acl mode */
 	FI_NO_ALLOC,		/* should not allocate any blocks */
+	FI_DELAY_IPUT,		/* used for the recovery */
 };
 
 static inline void set_inode_flag(struct f2fs_inode_info *fi, int flag)
@@ -1012,6 +1013,7 @@ int recover_orphan_inodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
 int get_valid_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
 void set_dirty_dir_page(struct inode *, struct page *);
 void remove_dirty_dir_inode(struct inode *);
+struct inode *check_dirty_dir_inode(struct f2fs_sb_info *, nid_t);
 void sync_dirty_dir_inodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
 void write_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *, bool);
 void init_orphan_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
index 4d895149a6f0..23f580397e6c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static int recover_dentry(struct page *ipage, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct f2fs_node *raw_node = (struct f2fs_node *)kmap(ipage);
 	struct f2fs_inode *raw_inode = &(raw_node->i);
+	nid_t pino = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_pino);
 	struct qstr name;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -51,10 +52,14 @@ static int recover_dentry(struct page *ipage, struct inode *inode)
 	if (!is_dent_dnode(ipage))
 		goto out;
 
-	dir = f2fs_iget(inode->i_sb, le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_pino));
-	if (IS_ERR(dir)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(dir);
-		goto out;
+	dir = check_dirty_dir_inode(F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb), pino);
+	if (!dir) {
+		dir = f2fs_iget(inode->i_sb, pino);
+		if (IS_ERR(dir)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(dir);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		set_inode_flag(F2FS_I(dir), FI_DELAY_IPUT);
 	}
 
 	name.len = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_namelen);
@@ -67,7 +72,6 @@ static int recover_dentry(struct page *ipage, struct inode *inode)
 	} else {
 		err = __f2fs_add_link(dir, &name, inode);
 	}
-	iput(dir);
 out:
 	kunmap(ipage);
 	return err;