diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 4ad7242f4829..6edad57d7b47 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -510,14 +510,83 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int __f2fs_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+					umode_t mode, struct inode **whiteout)
+{
+	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(dir);
+	struct inode *inode;
+	int err;
+
+	if (!whiteout)
+		f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
+
+	inode = f2fs_new_inode(dir, mode);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+		return PTR_ERR(inode);
+
+	if (whiteout) {
+		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, WHITEOUT_DEV);
+		inode->i_op = &f2fs_special_inode_operations;
+	} else {
+		inode->i_op = &f2fs_file_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_fop = &f2fs_file_operations;
+		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &f2fs_dblock_aops;
+	}
+
+	f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
+	err = acquire_orphan_inode(sbi);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	err = f2fs_do_tmpfile(inode, dir);
+	if (err)
+		goto release_out;
+
+	/*
+	 * add this non-linked tmpfile to orphan list, in this way we could
+	 * remove all unused data of tmpfile after abnormal power-off.
+	 */
+	add_orphan_inode(sbi, inode->i_ino);
+	f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
+
+	alloc_nid_done(sbi, inode->i_ino);
+
+	if (whiteout) {
+		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
+		*whiteout = inode;
+	} else {
+		d_tmpfile(dentry, inode);
+	}
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	return 0;
+
+release_out:
+	release_orphan_inode(sbi);
+out:
+	handle_failed_inode(inode);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int f2fs_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
+{
+	return __f2fs_tmpfile(dir, dentry, mode, NULL);
+}
+
+static int f2fs_create_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct inode **whiteout)
+{
+	return __f2fs_tmpfile(dir, NULL, S_IFCHR | WHITEOUT_MODE, whiteout);
+}
+
 static int f2fs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
-			struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry)
+			struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry,
+			unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(old_dir);
 	struct inode *old_inode = d_inode(old_dentry);
 	struct inode *new_inode = d_inode(new_dentry);
+	struct inode *whiteout = NULL;
 	struct page *old_dir_page;
-	struct page *old_page, *new_page;
+	struct page *old_page, *new_page = NULL;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *old_dir_entry = NULL;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *old_entry;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *new_entry;
@@ -543,17 +612,23 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			goto out_old;
 	}
 
+	if (flags & RENAME_WHITEOUT) {
+		err = f2fs_create_whiteout(old_dir, &whiteout);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_dir;
+	}
+
 	if (new_inode) {
 
 		err = -ENOTEMPTY;
 		if (old_dir_entry && !f2fs_empty_dir(new_inode))
-			goto out_dir;
+			goto out_whiteout;
 
 		err = -ENOENT;
 		new_entry = f2fs_find_entry(new_dir, &new_dentry->d_name,
 						&new_page);
 		if (!new_entry)
-			goto out_dir;
+			goto out_whiteout;
 
 		f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
 
@@ -591,7 +666,7 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		err = f2fs_add_link(new_dentry, old_inode);
 		if (err) {
 			f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
-			goto out_dir;
+			goto out_whiteout;
 		}
 
 		if (old_dir_entry) {
@@ -611,8 +686,18 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 
 	f2fs_delete_entry(old_entry, old_page, old_dir, NULL);
 
+	if (whiteout) {
+		whiteout->i_state |= I_LINKABLE;
+		set_inode_flag(F2FS_I(whiteout), FI_INC_LINK);
+		err = f2fs_add_link(old_dentry, whiteout);
+		if (err)
+			goto put_out_dir;
+		whiteout->i_state &= ~I_LINKABLE;
+		iput(whiteout);
+	}
+
 	if (old_dir_entry) {
-		if (old_dir != new_dir) {
+		if (old_dir != new_dir && !whiteout) {
 			f2fs_set_link(old_inode, old_dir_entry,
 						old_dir_page, new_dir);
 			update_inode_page(old_inode);
@@ -633,8 +718,13 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 
 put_out_dir:
 	f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
-	f2fs_dentry_kunmap(new_dir, new_page);
-	f2fs_put_page(new_page, 0);
+	if (new_page) {
+		f2fs_dentry_kunmap(new_dir, new_page);
+		f2fs_put_page(new_page, 0);
+	}
+out_whiteout:
+	if (whiteout)
+		iput(whiteout);
 out_dir:
 	if (old_dir_entry) {
 		f2fs_dentry_kunmap(old_inode, old_dir_page);
@@ -805,7 +895,7 @@ static int f2fs_rename2(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry,
 			unsigned int flags)
 {
-	if (flags & ~(RENAME_NOREPLACE | RENAME_EXCHANGE))
+	if (flags & ~(RENAME_NOREPLACE | RENAME_EXCHANGE | RENAME_WHITEOUT))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE) {
@@ -816,50 +906,7 @@ static int f2fs_rename2(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	 * VFS has already handled the new dentry existence case,
 	 * here, we just deal with "RENAME_NOREPLACE" as regular rename.
 	 */
-	return f2fs_rename(old_dir, old_dentry, new_dir, new_dentry);
-}
-
-static int f2fs_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
-{
-	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(dir);
-	struct inode *inode;
-	int err;
-
-	inode = f2fs_new_inode(dir, mode);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode))
-		return PTR_ERR(inode);
-
-	inode->i_op = &f2fs_file_inode_operations;
-	inode->i_fop = &f2fs_file_operations;
-	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &f2fs_dblock_aops;
-
-	f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
-	err = acquire_orphan_inode(sbi);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
-
-	err = f2fs_do_tmpfile(inode, dir);
-	if (err)
-		goto release_out;
-
-	/*
-	 * add this non-linked tmpfile to orphan list, in this way we could
-	 * remove all unused data of tmpfile after abnormal power-off.
-	 */
-	add_orphan_inode(sbi, inode->i_ino);
-	f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
-
-	alloc_nid_done(sbi, inode->i_ino);
-
-	d_tmpfile(dentry, inode);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	return 0;
-
-release_out:
-	release_orphan_inode(sbi);
-out:
-	handle_failed_inode(inode);
-	return err;
+	return f2fs_rename(old_dir, old_dentry, new_dir, new_dentry, flags);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ENCRYPTION