kmem_cache_free(free_nid_slab, i);
 }
 
-static int add_free_nid(struct f2fs_nm_info *nm_i, nid_t nid)
+static int add_free_nid(struct f2fs_nm_info *nm_i, nid_t nid, bool build)
 {
        struct free_nid *i;
+       struct nat_entry *ne;
+       bool allocated = false;
 
        if (nm_i->fcnt > 2 * MAX_FREE_NIDS)
                return -1;
        /* 0 nid should not be used */
        if (nid == 0)
                return 0;
+
+       if (!build)
+               goto retry;
+
+       /* do not add allocated nids */
+       read_lock(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);
+       ne = __lookup_nat_cache(nm_i, nid);
+       if (ne && nat_get_blkaddr(ne) != NULL_ADDR)
+               allocated = true;
+       read_unlock(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);
+       if (allocated)
+               return 0;
 retry:
        i = kmem_cache_alloc(free_nid_slab, GFP_NOFS);
        if (!i) {
                blk_addr = le32_to_cpu(nat_blk->entries[i].block_addr);
                BUG_ON(blk_addr == NEW_ADDR);
                if (blk_addr == NULL_ADDR) {
-                       if (add_free_nid(nm_i, start_nid) < 0)
+                       if (add_free_nid(nm_i, start_nid, true) < 0)
                                break;
                }
        }
 
 static void build_free_nids(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-       struct free_nid *fnid, *next_fnid;
        struct f2fs_nm_info *nm_i = NM_I(sbi);
        struct curseg_info *curseg = CURSEG_I(sbi, CURSEG_HOT_DATA);
        struct f2fs_summary_block *sum = curseg->sum_blk;
                block_t addr = le32_to_cpu(nat_in_journal(sum, i).block_addr);
                nid = le32_to_cpu(nid_in_journal(sum, i));
                if (addr == NULL_ADDR)
-                       add_free_nid(nm_i, nid);
+                       add_free_nid(nm_i, nid, true);
                else
                        remove_free_nid(nm_i, nid);
        }
        mutex_unlock(&curseg->curseg_mutex);
-
-       /* remove the free nids from current allocated nids */
-       list_for_each_entry_safe(fnid, next_fnid, &nm_i->free_nid_list, list) {
-               struct nat_entry *ne;
-
-               read_lock(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);
-               ne = __lookup_nat_cache(nm_i, fnid->nid);
-               if (ne && nat_get_blkaddr(ne) != NULL_ADDR)
-                       remove_free_nid(nm_i, fnid->nid);
-               read_unlock(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);
-       }
 }
 
 /*
                }
 
                if (nat_get_blkaddr(ne) == NULL_ADDR &&
-                               add_free_nid(NM_I(sbi), nid) <= 0) {
+                               add_free_nid(NM_I(sbi), nid, false) <= 0) {
                        write_lock(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);
                        __del_from_nat_cache(nm_i, ne);
                        write_unlock(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);