diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 4b3a7c4..e59a7d4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -2733,7 +2733,9 @@ int f2fs_recover_xattr_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 	f2fs_update_inode_page(inode);
 
 	/* 3: update and set xattr node page dirty */
-	memcpy(F2FS_NODE(xpage), F2FS_NODE(page), VALID_XATTR_BLOCK_SIZE);
+	if (page)
+		memcpy(F2FS_NODE(xpage), F2FS_NODE(page),
+				VALID_XATTR_BLOCK_SIZE);
 
 	set_page_dirty(xpage);
 	f2fs_put_page(xpage, 1);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index db3b641..adaad164 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -363,10 +363,10 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
 
 	*xe = __find_xattr(cur_addr, last_txattr_addr, NULL, index, len, name);
 	if (!*xe) {
-		f2fs_err(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "inode (%lu) has corrupted xattr",
+		f2fs_err(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "lookup inode (%lu) has corrupted xattr",
 								inode->i_ino);
 		set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_FSCK);
-		err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		err = -ENODATA;
 		f2fs_handle_error(F2FS_I_SB(inode),
 					ERROR_CORRUPTED_XATTR);
 		goto out;
@@ -583,13 +583,12 @@ ssize_t f2fs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 
 		if ((void *)(entry) + sizeof(__u32) > last_base_addr ||
 			(void *)XATTR_NEXT_ENTRY(entry) > last_base_addr) {
-			f2fs_err(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "inode (%lu) has corrupted xattr",
+			f2fs_err(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "list inode (%lu) has corrupted xattr",
 						inode->i_ino);
 			set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_FSCK);
-			error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
 			f2fs_handle_error(F2FS_I_SB(inode),
 						ERROR_CORRUPTED_XATTR);
-			goto cleanup;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		if (!handler || (handler->list && !handler->list(dentry)))
@@ -650,7 +649,7 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
 
 	if (size > MAX_VALUE_LEN(inode))
 		return -E2BIG;
-
+retry:
 	error = read_all_xattrs(inode, ipage, &base_addr);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
@@ -660,7 +659,14 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
 	/* find entry with wanted name. */
 	here = __find_xattr(base_addr, last_base_addr, NULL, index, len, name);
 	if (!here) {
-		f2fs_err(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "inode (%lu) has corrupted xattr",
+		if (!F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid) {
+			f2fs_notice(F2FS_I_SB(inode),
+				"recover xattr in inode (%lu)", inode->i_ino);
+			f2fs_recover_xattr_data(inode, NULL);
+			kfree(base_addr);
+			goto retry;
+		}
+		f2fs_err(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "set inode (%lu) has corrupted xattr",
 								inode->i_ino);
 		set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_FSCK);
 		error = -EFSCORRUPTED;