diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 369f4513be37f8cfeb534e6fd247203c620a96a6..ebdc90fc71b7c12da943ca38172e2d9334bda9ef 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -207,9 +207,13 @@ static struct f2fs_dir_entry *find_in_level(struct inode *dir,
 		f2fs_put_page(dentry_page, 0);
 	}
 
-	if (!de && room && F2FS_I(dir)->chash != namehash) {
-		F2FS_I(dir)->chash = namehash;
-		F2FS_I(dir)->clevel = level;
+	/* This is to increase the speed of f2fs_create */
+	if (!de && room) {
+		F2FS_I(dir)->task = current;
+		if (F2FS_I(dir)->chash != namehash) {
+			F2FS_I(dir)->chash = namehash;
+			F2FS_I(dir)->clevel = level;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return de;
@@ -643,14 +647,34 @@ int __f2fs_add_link(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name,
 				struct inode *inode, nid_t ino, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct fscrypt_name fname;
+	struct page *page = NULL;
+	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de = NULL;
 	int err;
 
 	err = fscrypt_setup_filename(dir, name, 0, &fname);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = __f2fs_do_add_link(dir, &fname, inode, ino, mode);
-
+	/*
+	 * An immature stakable filesystem shows a race condition between lookup
+	 * and create. If we have same task when doing lookup and create, it's
+	 * definitely fine as expected by VFS normally. Otherwise, let's just
+	 * verify on-disk dentry one more time, which guarantees filesystem
+	 * consistency more.
+	 */
+	if (current != F2FS_I(dir)->task) {
+		de = __f2fs_find_entry(dir, &fname, &page);
+		F2FS_I(dir)->task = NULL;
+	}
+	if (de) {
+		f2fs_dentry_kunmap(dir, page);
+		f2fs_put_page(page, 0);
+		err = -EEXIST;
+	} else if (IS_ERR(page)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(page);
+	} else {
+		err = __f2fs_do_add_link(dir, &fname, inode, ino, mode);
+	}
 	fscrypt_free_filename(&fname);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 506af456412fccbe5b9a76c45fa4eae14c6fe2df..ecc3fd0ca6bb515aac00987eabdab98232b30171 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ struct f2fs_inode_info {
 	atomic_t dirty_pages;		/* # of dirty pages */
 	f2fs_hash_t chash;		/* hash value of given file name */
 	unsigned int clevel;		/* maximum level of given file name */
+	struct task_struct *task;	/* lookup and create consistency */
 	nid_t i_xattr_nid;		/* node id that contains xattrs */
 	unsigned long long xattr_ver;	/* cp version of xattr modification */
 	loff_t	last_disk_size;		/* lastly written file size */