diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index a5a9ffc8e358..65fff81889cf 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -905,8 +905,8 @@ static int f2fs_cross_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		old_nlink = old_dir_entry ? -1 : 1;
 		new_nlink = -old_nlink;
 		err = -EMLINK;
-		if ((old_nlink > 0 && old_inode->i_nlink >= F2FS_LINK_MAX) ||
-			(new_nlink > 0 && new_inode->i_nlink >= F2FS_LINK_MAX))
+		if ((old_nlink > 0 && old_dir->i_nlink >= F2FS_LINK_MAX) ||
+			(new_nlink > 0 && new_dir->i_nlink >= F2FS_LINK_MAX))
 			goto out_new_dir;
 	}