diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index c967cacf979e..b56f6060c1a6 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -578,6 +578,20 @@ int f2fs_room_for_filename(const void *bitmap, int slots, int max_slots)
 	goto next;
 }
 
+bool f2fs_has_enough_room(struct inode *dir, struct page *ipage,
+					struct fscrypt_name *fname)
+{
+	struct f2fs_dentry_ptr d;
+	unsigned int bit_pos;
+	int slots = GET_DENTRY_SLOTS(fname_len(fname));
+
+	make_dentry_ptr_inline(dir, &d, inline_data_addr(dir, ipage));
+
+	bit_pos = f2fs_room_for_filename(d.bitmap, slots, d.max);
+
+	return bit_pos < d.max;
+}
+
 void f2fs_update_dentry(nid_t ino, umode_t mode, struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
 				const struct qstr *name, f2fs_hash_t name_hash,
 				unsigned int bit_pos)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 1449405c31db..e7208442d32a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3107,6 +3107,8 @@ ino_t f2fs_inode_by_name(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *qstr,
 			struct page **page);
 void f2fs_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct f2fs_dir_entry *de,
 			struct page *page, struct inode *inode);
+bool f2fs_has_enough_room(struct inode *dir, struct page *ipage,
+			struct fscrypt_name *fname);
 void f2fs_update_dentry(nid_t ino, umode_t mode, struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
 			const struct qstr *name, f2fs_hash_t name_hash,
 			unsigned int bit_pos);
@@ -3649,6 +3651,7 @@ void f2fs_truncate_inline_inode(struct inode *inode,
 int f2fs_read_inline_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page);
 int f2fs_convert_inline_page(struct dnode_of_data *dn, struct page *page);
 int f2fs_convert_inline_inode(struct inode *inode);
+int f2fs_try_convert_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 int f2fs_write_inline_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page);
 bool f2fs_recover_inline_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *npage);
 struct f2fs_dir_entry *f2fs_find_in_inline_dir(struct inode *dir,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inline.c b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
index 52f85ed07a15..4167e5408151 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inline.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ static int f2fs_move_rehashed_dirents(struct inode *dir, struct page *ipage,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int f2fs_convert_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct page *ipage,
+static int do_convert_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct page *ipage,
 							void *inline_dentry)
 {
 	if (!F2FS_I(dir)->i_dir_level)
@@ -539,6 +539,44 @@ static int f2fs_convert_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct page *ipage,
 		return f2fs_move_rehashed_dirents(dir, ipage, inline_dentry);
 }
 
+int f2fs_try_convert_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(dir);
+	struct page *ipage;
+	struct fscrypt_name fname;
+	void *inline_dentry = NULL;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (!f2fs_has_inline_dentry(dir))
+		return 0;
+
+	f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
+
+	err = fscrypt_setup_filename(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0, &fname);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	ipage = f2fs_get_node_page(sbi, dir->i_ino);
+	if (IS_ERR(ipage)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(ipage);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (f2fs_has_enough_room(dir, ipage, &fname)) {
+		f2fs_put_page(ipage, 1);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	inline_dentry = inline_data_addr(dir, ipage);
+
+	err = do_convert_inline_dir(dir, ipage, inline_dentry);
+	if (!err)
+		f2fs_put_page(ipage, 1);
+out:
+	f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
+	return err;
+}
+
 int f2fs_add_inline_entry(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *new_name,
 				const struct qstr *orig_name,
 				struct inode *inode, nid_t ino, umode_t mode)
@@ -562,7 +600,7 @@ int f2fs_add_inline_entry(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *new_name,
 
 	bit_pos = f2fs_room_for_filename(d.bitmap, slots, d.max);
 	if (bit_pos >= d.max) {
-		err = f2fs_convert_inline_dir(dir, ipage, inline_dentry);
+		err = do_convert_inline_dir(dir, ipage, inline_dentry);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		err = -EAGAIN;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index d479b91f9ca0..2aa035422c0f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -906,7 +906,6 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *old_dir_entry = NULL;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *old_entry;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *new_entry;
-	bool is_old_inline = f2fs_has_inline_dentry(old_dir);
 	int err;
 
 	if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi)))
@@ -919,6 +918,20 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			F2FS_I(old_dentry->d_inode)->i_projid)))
 		return -EXDEV;
 
+	/*
+	 * If new_inode is null, the below renaming flow will
+	 * add a link in old_dir which can conver inline_dir.
+	 * After then, if we failed to get the entry due to other
+	 * reasons like ENOMEM, we had to remove the new entry.
+	 * Instead of adding such the error handling routine, let's
+	 * simply convert first here.
+	 */
+	if (old_dir == new_dir && !new_inode) {
+		err = f2fs_try_convert_inline_dir(old_dir, new_dentry);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	if (flags & RENAME_WHITEOUT) {
 		err = f2fs_create_whiteout(old_dir, &whiteout);
 		if (err)
@@ -1006,28 +1019,6 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 
 		if (old_dir_entry)
 			f2fs_i_links_write(new_dir, true);
-
-		/*
-		 * old entry and new entry can locate in the same inline
-		 * dentry in inode, when attaching new entry in inline dentry,
-		 * it could force inline dentry conversion, after that,
-		 * old_entry and old_page will point to wrong address, in
-		 * order to avoid this, let's do the check and update here.
-		 */
-		if (is_old_inline && !f2fs_has_inline_dentry(old_dir)) {
-			f2fs_put_page(old_page, 0);
-			old_page = NULL;
-
-			old_entry = f2fs_find_entry(old_dir,
-						&old_dentry->d_name, &old_page);
-			if (!old_entry) {
-				err = -ENOENT;
-				if (IS_ERR(old_page))
-					err = PTR_ERR(old_page);
-				f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
-				goto out_dir;
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
 	down_write(&F2FS_I(old_inode)->i_sem);