diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 42aef5c94927..a3ba20e5946f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -450,7 +450,6 @@ struct f2fs_flush_device {
 
 /* for inline stuff */
 #define DEF_INLINE_RESERVED_SIZE	1
-#define DEF_MIN_INLINE_SIZE		1
 static inline int get_extra_isize(struct inode *inode);
 static inline int get_inline_xattr_addrs(struct inode *inode);
 #define MAX_INLINE_DATA(inode)	(sizeof(__le32) *			\
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index c9639ef0e8d5..79370b7fa9d2 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -822,12 +822,13 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options)
 					"set with inline_xattr option");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		if (!F2FS_OPTION(sbi).inline_xattr_size ||
-			F2FS_OPTION(sbi).inline_xattr_size >=
-					DEF_ADDRS_PER_INODE -
-					F2FS_TOTAL_EXTRA_ATTR_SIZE -
-					DEF_INLINE_RESERVED_SIZE -
-					DEF_MIN_INLINE_SIZE) {
+		if (F2FS_OPTION(sbi).inline_xattr_size <
+			sizeof(struct f2fs_xattr_header) / sizeof(__le32) ||
+			F2FS_OPTION(sbi).inline_xattr_size >
+			DEF_ADDRS_PER_INODE -
+			F2FS_TOTAL_EXTRA_ATTR_SIZE / sizeof(__le32) -
+			DEF_INLINE_RESERVED_SIZE -
+			MIN_INLINE_DENTRY_SIZE / sizeof(__le32)) {
 			f2fs_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
 					"inline xattr size is out of range");
 			return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h b/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h
index f70f8ac9c4f4..40fec5f94949 100644
--- a/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h
@@ -489,12 +489,12 @@ typedef __le32	f2fs_hash_t;
 
 /*
  * space utilization of regular dentry and inline dentry (w/o extra reservation)
- *		regular dentry			inline dentry
- * bitmap	1 * 27 = 27			1 * 23 = 23
- * reserved	1 * 3 = 3			1 * 7 = 7
- * dentry	11 * 214 = 2354			11 * 182 = 2002
- * filename	8 * 214 = 1712			8 * 182 = 1456
- * total	4096				3488
+ *		regular dentry		inline dentry (def)	inline dentry (min)
+ * bitmap	1 * 27 = 27		1 * 23 = 23		1 * 1 = 1
+ * reserved	1 * 3 = 3		1 * 7 = 7		1 * 1 = 1
+ * dentry	11 * 214 = 2354		11 * 182 = 2002		11 * 2 = 22
+ * filename	8 * 214 = 1712		8 * 182 = 1456		8 * 2 = 16
+ * total	4096			3488			40
  *
  * Note: there are more reserved space in inline dentry than in regular
  * dentry, when converting inline dentry we should handle this carefully.
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ typedef __le32	f2fs_hash_t;
 #define SIZE_OF_RESERVED	(PAGE_SIZE - ((SIZE_OF_DIR_ENTRY + \
 				F2FS_SLOT_LEN) * \
 				NR_DENTRY_IN_BLOCK + SIZE_OF_DENTRY_BITMAP))
+#define MIN_INLINE_DENTRY_SIZE		40	/* just include '.' and '..' entries */
 
 /* One directory entry slot representing F2FS_SLOT_LEN-sized file name */
 struct f2fs_dir_entry {