diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 8617e742d087..e20a0f9e6845 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -772,7 +772,11 @@ static int __f2fs_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	if (whiteout) {
 		f2fs_i_links_write(inode, false);
+
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		inode->i_state |= I_LINKABLE;
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
 		*whiteout = inode;
 	} else {
 		d_tmpfile(dentry, inode);
@@ -966,7 +970,11 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		err = f2fs_add_link(old_dentry, whiteout);
 		if (err)
 			goto put_out_dir;
+
+		spin_lock(&whiteout->i_lock);
 		whiteout->i_state &= ~I_LINKABLE;
+		spin_unlock(&whiteout->i_lock);
+
 		iput(whiteout);
 	}