diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index b8070f9e8285..28e954080890 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ struct f2fs_inode_info {
 	f2fs_hash_t chash;		/* hash value of given file name */
 	unsigned int clevel;		/* maximum level of given file name */
 	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 */
 
 	struct list_head dirty_list;	/* dirty list for dirs and files */
@@ -2133,7 +2132,7 @@ void alloc_nid_done(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid);
 void alloc_nid_failed(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid);
 int try_to_free_nids(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int nr_shrink);
 void recover_inline_xattr(struct inode *inode, struct page *page);
-void recover_xattr_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
+int recover_xattr_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 			block_t blkaddr);
 int recover_inode_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page);
 int restore_node_summary(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index a3808c49e326..120164815030 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ static inline bool need_do_checkpoint(struct inode *inode)
 		need_cp = true;
 	else if (!is_checkpointed_node(sbi, F2FS_I(inode)->i_pino))
 		need_cp = true;
-	else if (F2FS_I(inode)->xattr_ver == cur_cp_version(F2FS_CKPT(sbi)))
-		need_cp = true;
 	else if (test_opt(sbi, FASTBOOT))
 		need_cp = true;
 	else if (sbi->active_logs == 2)
@@ -169,7 +167,6 @@ static void try_to_fix_pino(struct inode *inode)
 	nid_t pino;
 
 	down_write(&fi->i_sem);
-	fi->xattr_ver = 0;
 	if (file_wrong_pino(inode) && inode->i_nlink == 1 &&
 			get_parent_ino(inode, &pino)) {
 		f2fs_i_pino_write(inode, pino);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 8203a2f8b350..f8fb25a27b46 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -971,9 +971,6 @@ int truncate_xattr_node(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 
 	f2fs_i_xnid_write(inode, 0);
 
-	/* need to do checkpoint during fsync */
-	F2FS_I(inode)->xattr_ver = cur_cp_version(F2FS_CKPT(sbi));
-
 	set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, page, npage, nid);
 
 	if (page)
@@ -2054,18 +2051,18 @@ update_inode:
 	f2fs_put_page(ipage, 1);
 }
 
-void recover_xattr_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page, block_t blkaddr)
+int recover_xattr_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page, block_t blkaddr)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
 	nid_t prev_xnid = F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid;
 	nid_t new_xnid = nid_of_node(page);
 	struct node_info ni;
+	struct page *xpage;
 
-	/* 1: invalidate the previous xattr nid */
 	if (!prev_xnid)
 		goto recover_xnid;
 
-	/* Deallocate node address */
+	/* 1: invalidate the previous xattr nid */
 	get_node_info(sbi, prev_xnid, &ni);
 	f2fs_bug_on(sbi, ni.blk_addr == NULL_ADDR);
 	invalidate_blocks(sbi, ni.blk_addr);
@@ -2073,19 +2070,27 @@ void recover_xattr_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page, block_t blkaddr)
 	set_node_addr(sbi, &ni, NULL_ADDR, false);
 
 recover_xnid:
-	/* 2: allocate new xattr nid */
+	/* 2: update xattr nid in inode */
+	remove_free_nid(sbi, new_xnid);
+	f2fs_i_xnid_write(inode, new_xnid);
 	if (unlikely(!inc_valid_node_count(sbi, inode)))
 		f2fs_bug_on(sbi, 1);
+	update_inode_page(inode);
+
+	/* 3: update and set xattr node page dirty */
+	xpage = grab_cache_page(NODE_MAPPING(sbi), new_xnid);
+	if (!xpage)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(F2FS_NODE(xpage), F2FS_NODE(page), PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	remove_free_nid(sbi, new_xnid);
 	get_node_info(sbi, new_xnid, &ni);
 	ni.ino = inode->i_ino;
 	set_node_addr(sbi, &ni, NEW_ADDR, false);
-	f2fs_i_xnid_write(inode, new_xnid);
+	set_page_dirty(xpage);
+	f2fs_put_page(xpage, 1);
 
-	/* 3: update xattr blkaddr */
-	refresh_sit_entry(sbi, NEW_ADDR, blkaddr);
-	set_node_addr(sbi, &ni, blkaddr, false);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int recover_inode_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.h b/fs/f2fs/node.h
index 29ff783eb9c3..d3d289306469 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.h
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static inline bool IS_DNODE(struct page *node_page)
 	unsigned int ofs = ofs_of_node(node_page);
 
 	if (f2fs_has_xattr_block(ofs))
-		return false;
+		return true;
 
 	if (ofs == 3 || ofs == 4 + NIDS_PER_BLOCK ||
 			ofs == 5 + 2 * NIDS_PER_BLOCK)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
index e93316ea8d1b..d025aa83fb5b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
@@ -378,11 +378,9 @@ static int do_recover_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct inode *inode,
 	if (IS_INODE(page)) {
 		recover_inline_xattr(inode, page);
 	} else if (f2fs_has_xattr_block(ofs_of_node(page))) {
-		/*
-		 * Deprecated; xattr blocks should be found from cold log.
-		 * But, we should remain this for backward compatibility.
-		 */
-		recover_xattr_data(inode, page, blkaddr);
+		err = recover_xattr_data(inode, page, blkaddr);
+		if (!err)
+			recovered++;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index f7482635a57d..b50f6b581a71 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -458,8 +458,6 @@ static inline int write_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, __u32 hsize,
 	set_page_dirty(xpage);
 	f2fs_put_page(xpage, 1);
 
-	/* need to checkpoint during fsync */
-	F2FS_I(inode)->xattr_ver = cur_cp_version(F2FS_CKPT(sbi));
 	return 0;
 }