diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index e9af46dc06f7..78d041f9775a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -303,16 +303,15 @@ struct f2fs_dir_entry *__f2fs_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 	unsigned int max_depth;
 	unsigned int level;
 
+	*res_page = NULL;
+
 	if (f2fs_has_inline_dentry(dir)) {
-		*res_page = NULL;
 		de = f2fs_find_in_inline_dir(dir, fname, res_page);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (npages == 0) {
-		*res_page = NULL;
+	if (npages == 0)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	max_depth = F2FS_I(dir)->i_current_depth;
 	if (unlikely(max_depth > MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH)) {
@@ -323,7 +322,6 @@ struct f2fs_dir_entry *__f2fs_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	for (level = 0; level < max_depth; level++) {
-		*res_page = NULL;
 		de = find_in_level(dir, level, fname, res_page);
 		if (de || IS_ERR(*res_page))
 			break;