diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index d6c05c7176bc..5227e911eab2 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -1017,9 +1017,11 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	if (whiteout) {
 		set_inode_flag(whiteout, FI_INC_LINK);
 		err = f2fs_add_link(old_dentry, whiteout);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			d_invalidate(old_dentry);
+			d_invalidate(new_dentry);
 			goto put_out_dir;
-
+		}
 		spin_lock(&whiteout->i_lock);
 		whiteout->i_state &= ~I_LINKABLE;
 		spin_unlock(&whiteout->i_lock);