diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index d635c58cf5a3..acbec04a6771 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ int f2fs_add_dentry(struct inode *dir, const struct f2fs_filename *fname,
 		 * i_xattr_sem -> inode_page lock used by f2fs_setxattr.
 		 */
 		f2fs_down_read(&F2FS_I(dir)->i_xattr_sem);
+		barrier();
 		err = f2fs_add_inline_entry(dir, fname, inode, ino, mode);
 		f2fs_up_read(&F2FS_I(dir)->i_xattr_sem);
 	}