diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
index b8d2849..8eb06b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
@@ -444,9 +444,11 @@
   # of blocks in level #n = |
                             `- 4, Otherwise
 
-                             ,- 2^n, if n < MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2,
+                             ,- 2^ (n + dir_level),
+			     |            if n < MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2,
   # of buckets in level #n = |
-                             `- 2^((MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2) - 1), Otherwise
+                             `- 2^((MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2 + dir_level) - 1),
+			                  Otherwise
 
 When F2FS finds a file name in a directory, at first a hash value of the file
 name is calculated. Then, F2FS scans the hash table in level #0 to find the
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index c3ea8f8..582fa00f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 							>> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 }
 
-static unsigned int dir_buckets(unsigned int level)
+static unsigned int dir_buckets(unsigned int level, int dir_level)
 {
 	if (level < MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2)
-		return 1 << level;
+		return 1 << (level + dir_level);
 	else
-		return 1 << ((MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2) - 1);
+		return 1 << ((MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2 + dir_level) - 1);
 }
 
 static unsigned int bucket_blocks(unsigned int level)
@@ -65,13 +65,14 @@
 	de->file_type = f2fs_type_by_mode[(mode & S_IFMT) >> S_SHIFT];
 }
 
-static unsigned long dir_block_index(unsigned int level, unsigned int idx)
+static unsigned long dir_block_index(unsigned int level,
+				int dir_level, unsigned int idx)
 {
 	unsigned long i;
 	unsigned long bidx = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < level; i++)
-		bidx += dir_buckets(i) * bucket_blocks(i);
+		bidx += dir_buckets(i, dir_level) * bucket_blocks(i);
 	bidx += idx * bucket_blocks(level);
 	return bidx;
 }
@@ -143,10 +144,11 @@
 
 	f2fs_bug_on(level > MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH);
 
-	nbucket = dir_buckets(level);
+	nbucket = dir_buckets(level, F2FS_I(dir)->i_dir_level);
 	nblock = bucket_blocks(level);
 
-	bidx = dir_block_index(level, le32_to_cpu(namehash) % nbucket);
+	bidx = dir_block_index(level, F2FS_I(dir)->i_dir_level,
+					le32_to_cpu(namehash) % nbucket);
 	end_block = bidx + nblock;
 
 	for (; bidx < end_block; bidx++) {
@@ -467,10 +469,11 @@
 	if (level == current_depth)
 		++current_depth;
 
-	nbucket = dir_buckets(level);
+	nbucket = dir_buckets(level, F2FS_I(dir)->i_dir_level);
 	nblock = bucket_blocks(level);
 
-	bidx = dir_block_index(level, (le32_to_cpu(dentry_hash) % nbucket));
+	bidx = dir_block_index(level, F2FS_I(dir)->i_dir_level,
+				(le32_to_cpu(dentry_hash) % nbucket));
 
 	for (block = bidx; block <= (bidx + nblock - 1); block++) {
 		dentry_page = get_new_data_page(dir, NULL, block, true);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 4beedccc..a826916 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
 	struct inode vfs_inode;		/* serve a vfs inode */
 	unsigned long i_flags;		/* keep an inode flags for ioctl */
 	unsigned char i_advise;		/* use to give file attribute hints */
+	unsigned char i_dir_level;	/* use for dentry level for large dir */
 	unsigned int i_current_depth;	/* use only in directory structure */
 	unsigned int i_pino;		/* parent inode number */
 	umode_t i_acl_mode;		/* keep file acl mode temporarily */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 08d69c9..d518e37 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 	fi->flags = 0;
 	fi->i_advise = ri->i_advise;
 	fi->i_pino = le32_to_cpu(ri->i_pino);
+	fi->i_dir_level = ri->i_dir_level;
 
 	get_extent_info(&fi->ext, ri->i_ext);
 	get_inline_info(fi, ri);
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@
 	ri->i_flags = cpu_to_le32(F2FS_I(inode)->i_flags);
 	ri->i_pino = cpu_to_le32(F2FS_I(inode)->i_pino);
 	ri->i_generation = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_generation);
+	ri->i_dir_level = F2FS_I(inode)->i_dir_level;
 
 	__set_inode_rdev(inode, ri);
 	set_cold_node(inode, node_page);
diff --git a/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h b/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h
index da74d87..df53e17 100644
--- a/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 	__le32 i_pino;			/* parent inode number */
 	__le32 i_namelen;		/* file name length */
 	__u8 i_name[F2FS_NAME_LEN];	/* file name for SPOR */
-	__u8 i_reserved2;		/* for backward compatibility */
+	__u8 i_dir_level;		/* dentry_level for large dir */
 
 	struct f2fs_extent i_ext;	/* caching a largest extent */