set_nat_flag(e, IS_CHECKPOINTED, false);
        __set_nat_cache_dirty(nm_i, e);
 
-       if (enabled_nat_bits(sbi, NULL) && new_blkaddr == NEW_ADDR)
-               __clear_bit_le(NAT_BLOCK_OFFSET(ni->nid), nm_i->empty_nat_bits);
-
        /* update fsync_mark if its inode nat entry is still alive */
        if (ni->nid != ni->ino)
                e = __lookup_nat_cache(nm_i, ni->ino);
 }
 
 static void update_free_nid_bitmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid,
-                                                       bool set, bool build)
+                       bool set, bool build, bool locked)
 {
        struct f2fs_nm_info *nm_i = NM_I(sbi);
        unsigned int nat_ofs = NAT_BLOCK_OFFSET(nid);
        else
                __clear_bit_le(nid_ofs, nm_i->free_nid_bitmap[nat_ofs]);
 
-       spin_lock(&nm_i->free_nid_lock);
+       if (!locked)
+               spin_lock(&nm_i->free_nid_lock);
        if (set)
                nm_i->free_nid_count[nat_ofs]++;
        else if (!build)
                nm_i->free_nid_count[nat_ofs]--;
-       spin_unlock(&nm_i->free_nid_lock);
+       if (!locked)
+               spin_unlock(&nm_i->free_nid_lock);
 }
 
 static void scan_nat_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
                f2fs_bug_on(sbi, blk_addr == NEW_ADDR);
                if (blk_addr == NULL_ADDR)
                        freed = add_free_nid(sbi, start_nid, true);
-               update_free_nid_bitmap(sbi, start_nid, freed, true);
+               update_free_nid_bitmap(sbi, start_nid, freed, true, false);
        }
 }
 
        up_read(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);
 }
 
-static int scan_nat_bits(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
-{
-       struct f2fs_nm_info *nm_i = NM_I(sbi);
-       struct page *page;
-       unsigned int i = 0;
-       nid_t nid;
-
-       if (!enabled_nat_bits(sbi, NULL))
-               return -EAGAIN;
-
-       down_read(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);
-check_empty:
-       i = find_next_bit_le(nm_i->empty_nat_bits, nm_i->nat_blocks, i);
-       if (i >= nm_i->nat_blocks) {
-               i = 0;
-               goto check_partial;
-       }
-
-       for (nid = i * NAT_ENTRY_PER_BLOCK; nid < (i + 1) * NAT_ENTRY_PER_BLOCK;
-                                                                       nid++) {
-               if (unlikely(nid >= nm_i->max_nid))
-                       break;
-               add_free_nid(sbi, nid, true);
-       }
-
-       if (nm_i->nid_cnt[FREE_NID_LIST] >= MAX_FREE_NIDS)
-               goto out;
-       i++;
-       goto check_empty;
-
-check_partial:
-       i = find_next_zero_bit_le(nm_i->full_nat_bits, nm_i->nat_blocks, i);
-       if (i >= nm_i->nat_blocks) {
-               disable_nat_bits(sbi, true);
-               up_read(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
-
-       nid = i * NAT_ENTRY_PER_BLOCK;
-       page = get_current_nat_page(sbi, nid);
-       scan_nat_page(sbi, page, nid);
-       f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
-
-       if (nm_i->nid_cnt[FREE_NID_LIST] < MAX_FREE_NIDS) {
-               i++;
-               goto check_partial;
-       }
-out:
-       up_read(&nm_i->nat_tree_lock);
-       return 0;
-}
-
 static void __build_free_nids(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool sync, bool mount)
 {
        struct f2fs_nm_info *nm_i = NM_I(sbi);
 
                if (nm_i->nid_cnt[FREE_NID_LIST])
                        return;
-
-               /* try to find free nids with nat_bits */
-               if (!scan_nat_bits(sbi) && nm_i->nid_cnt[FREE_NID_LIST])
-                       return;
-       }
-
-       /* find next valid candidate */
-       if (enabled_nat_bits(sbi, NULL)) {
-               int idx = find_next_zero_bit_le(nm_i->full_nat_bits,
-                                       nm_i->nat_blocks, 0);
-
-               if (idx >= nm_i->nat_blocks)
-                       set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
-               else
-                       nid = idx * NAT_ENTRY_PER_BLOCK;
        }
 
        /* readahead nat pages to be scanned */
                __insert_nid_to_list(sbi, i, ALLOC_NID_LIST, false);
                nm_i->available_nids--;
 
-               update_free_nid_bitmap(sbi, *nid, false, false);
+               update_free_nid_bitmap(sbi, *nid, false, false, false);
 
                spin_unlock(&nm_i->nid_list_lock);
                return true;
 
        nm_i->available_nids++;
 
-       update_free_nid_bitmap(sbi, nid, true, false);
+       update_free_nid_bitmap(sbi, nid, true, false, false);
 
        spin_unlock(&nm_i->nid_list_lock);
 
                        add_free_nid(sbi, nid, false);
                        spin_lock(&NM_I(sbi)->nid_list_lock);
                        NM_I(sbi)->available_nids++;
-                       update_free_nid_bitmap(sbi, nid, true, false);
+                       update_free_nid_bitmap(sbi, nid, true, false, false);
                        spin_unlock(&NM_I(sbi)->nid_list_lock);
                } else {
                        spin_lock(&NM_I(sbi)->nid_list_lock);
-                       update_free_nid_bitmap(sbi, nid, false, false);
+                       update_free_nid_bitmap(sbi, nid, false, false, false);
                        spin_unlock(&NM_I(sbi)->nid_list_lock);
                }
        }
        return 0;
 }
 
+inline void load_free_nid_bitmap(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
+{
+       struct f2fs_nm_info *nm_i = NM_I(sbi);
+       unsigned int i = 0;
+       nid_t nid, last_nid;
+
+       if (!enabled_nat_bits(sbi, NULL))
+               return;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < nm_i->nat_blocks; i++) {
+               i = find_next_bit_le(nm_i->empty_nat_bits, nm_i->nat_blocks, i);
+               if (i >= nm_i->nat_blocks)
+                       break;
+
+               __set_bit_le(i, nm_i->nat_block_bitmap);
+
+               nid = i * NAT_ENTRY_PER_BLOCK;
+               last_nid = (i + 1) * NAT_ENTRY_PER_BLOCK;
+
+               spin_lock(&nm_i->free_nid_lock);
+               for (; nid < last_nid; nid++)
+                       update_free_nid_bitmap(sbi, nid, true, true, true);
+               spin_unlock(&nm_i->free_nid_lock);
+       }
+
+       for (i = 0; i < nm_i->nat_blocks; i++) {
+               i = find_next_bit_le(nm_i->full_nat_bits, nm_i->nat_blocks, i);
+               if (i >= nm_i->nat_blocks)
+                       break;
+
+               __set_bit_le(i, nm_i->nat_block_bitmap);
+       }
+}
+
 static int init_node_manager(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
        struct f2fs_super_block *sb_raw = F2FS_RAW_SUPER(sbi);
        if (err)
                return err;
 
+       /* load free nid status from nat_bits table */
+       load_free_nid_bitmap(sbi);
+
        build_free_nids(sbi, true, true);
        return 0;
 }