diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index c602ff2403b67..c0b7417f1d87d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -2122,15 +2122,6 @@ static inline int f2fs_down_read_trylock(struct f2fs_rwsem *sem)
 	return down_read_trylock(&sem->internal_rwsem);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
-static inline void f2fs_down_read_nested(struct f2fs_rwsem *sem, int subclass)
-{
-	down_read_nested(&sem->internal_rwsem, subclass);
-}
-#else
-#define f2fs_down_read_nested(sem, subclass) f2fs_down_read(sem)
-#endif
-
 static inline void f2fs_up_read(struct f2fs_rwsem *sem)
 {
 	up_read(&sem->internal_rwsem);
@@ -2141,6 +2132,21 @@ static inline void f2fs_down_write(struct f2fs_rwsem *sem)
 	down_write(&sem->internal_rwsem);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+static inline void f2fs_down_read_nested(struct f2fs_rwsem *sem, int subclass)
+{
+	down_read_nested(&sem->internal_rwsem, subclass);
+}
+
+static inline void f2fs_down_write_nested(struct f2fs_rwsem *sem, int subclass)
+{
+	down_write_nested(&sem->internal_rwsem, subclass);
+}
+#else
+#define f2fs_down_read_nested(sem, subclass) f2fs_down_read(sem)
+#define f2fs_down_write_nested(sem, subclass) f2fs_down_write(sem)
+#endif
+
 static inline int f2fs_down_write_trylock(struct f2fs_rwsem *sem)
 {
 	return down_write_trylock(&sem->internal_rwsem);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inline.c b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
index 4638fee16a91c..0d185ad5e4698 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inline.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ int f2fs_add_inline_entry(struct inode *dir, const struct f2fs_filename *fname,
 	}
 
 	if (inode) {
-		f2fs_down_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_sem);
+		f2fs_down_write_nested(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_sem,
+						SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 		page = f2fs_init_inode_metadata(inode, dir, fname, ipage);
 		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(page);