diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 47a5c806cf16..a85d19b4e178 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ static unsigned long dir_block_index(unsigned int level,
 static struct f2fs_dir_entry *find_in_block(struct inode *dir,
 				struct page *dentry_page,
 				const struct f2fs_filename *fname,
-				int *max_slots)
+				int *max_slots,
+				bool use_hash)
 {
 	struct f2fs_dentry_block *dentry_blk;
 	struct f2fs_dentry_ptr d;
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ static struct f2fs_dir_entry *find_in_block(struct inode *dir,
 	dentry_blk = (struct f2fs_dentry_block *)page_address(dentry_page);
 
 	make_dentry_ptr_block(dir, &d, dentry_blk);
-	return f2fs_find_target_dentry(&d, fname, max_slots);
+	return f2fs_find_target_dentry(&d, fname, max_slots, use_hash);
 }
 
 static inline int f2fs_match_name(const struct inode *dir,
@@ -208,7 +209,8 @@ static inline int f2fs_match_name(const struct inode *dir,
 }
 
 struct f2fs_dir_entry *f2fs_find_target_dentry(const struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
-			const struct f2fs_filename *fname, int *max_slots)
+			const struct f2fs_filename *fname, int *max_slots,
+			bool use_hash)
 {
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de;
 	unsigned long bit_pos = 0;
@@ -231,7 +233,7 @@ struct f2fs_dir_entry *f2fs_find_target_dentry(const struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (de->hash_code == fname->hash) {
+		if (!use_hash || de->hash_code == fname->hash) {
 			res = f2fs_match_name(d->inode, fname,
 					      d->filename[bit_pos],
 					      le16_to_cpu(de->name_len));
@@ -258,11 +260,12 @@ struct f2fs_dir_entry *f2fs_find_target_dentry(const struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
 static struct f2fs_dir_entry *find_in_level(struct inode *dir,
 					unsigned int level,
 					const struct f2fs_filename *fname,
-					struct page **res_page)
+					struct page **res_page,
+					bool use_hash)
 {
 	int s = GET_DENTRY_SLOTS(fname->disk_name.len);
 	unsigned int nbucket, nblock;
-	unsigned int bidx, end_block;
+	unsigned int bidx, end_block, bucket_no;
 	struct page *dentry_page;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de = NULL;
 	pgoff_t next_pgofs;
@@ -272,8 +275,11 @@ static struct f2fs_dir_entry *find_in_level(struct inode *dir,
 	nbucket = dir_buckets(level, F2FS_I(dir)->i_dir_level);
 	nblock = bucket_blocks(level);
 
+	bucket_no = use_hash ? le32_to_cpu(fname->hash) % nbucket : 0;
+
+start_find_bucket:
 	bidx = dir_block_index(level, F2FS_I(dir)->i_dir_level,
-			       le32_to_cpu(fname->hash) % nbucket);
+			       bucket_no);
 	end_block = bidx + nblock;
 
 	while (bidx < end_block) {
@@ -290,7 +296,7 @@ static struct f2fs_dir_entry *find_in_level(struct inode *dir,
 			}
 		}
 
-		de = find_in_block(dir, dentry_page, fname, &max_slots);
+		de = find_in_block(dir, dentry_page, fname, &max_slots, use_hash);
 		if (IS_ERR(de)) {
 			*res_page = ERR_CAST(de);
 			de = NULL;
@@ -307,6 +313,9 @@ static struct f2fs_dir_entry *find_in_level(struct inode *dir,
 		bidx++;
 	}
 
+	if (!use_hash && !de && ++bucket_no < nbucket)
+		goto start_find_bucket;
+
 	if (!de && room && F2FS_I(dir)->chash != fname->hash) {
 		F2FS_I(dir)->chash = fname->hash;
 		F2FS_I(dir)->clevel = level;
@@ -323,11 +332,13 @@ struct f2fs_dir_entry *__f2fs_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de = NULL;
 	unsigned int max_depth;
 	unsigned int level;
+	bool use_hash = true;
 
 	*res_page = NULL;
 
+start_find_entry:
 	if (f2fs_has_inline_dentry(dir)) {
-		de = f2fs_find_in_inline_dir(dir, fname, res_page);
+		de = f2fs_find_in_inline_dir(dir, fname, res_page, use_hash);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -343,11 +354,18 @@ struct f2fs_dir_entry *__f2fs_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	for (level = 0; level < max_depth; level++) {
-		de = find_in_level(dir, level, fname, res_page);
+		de = find_in_level(dir, level, fname, res_page, use_hash);
 		if (de || IS_ERR(*res_page))
 			break;
 	}
+
 out:
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE)
+	if (IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) && !de && use_hash) {
+		use_hash = false;
+		goto start_find_entry;
+	}
+#endif
 	/* This is to increase the speed of f2fs_create */
 	if (!de)
 		F2FS_I(dir)->task = current;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index f523dd302bf6..1afebb9c4061 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3588,7 +3588,8 @@ int f2fs_prepare_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			struct f2fs_filename *fname);
 void f2fs_free_filename(struct f2fs_filename *fname);
 struct f2fs_dir_entry *f2fs_find_target_dentry(const struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
-			const struct f2fs_filename *fname, int *max_slots);
+			const struct f2fs_filename *fname, int *max_slots,
+			bool use_hash);
 int f2fs_fill_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx, struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
 			unsigned int start_pos, struct fscrypt_str *fstr);
 void f2fs_do_make_empty_dir(struct inode *inode, struct inode *parent,
@@ -4224,7 +4225,8 @@ int f2fs_write_inline_data(struct inode *inode, struct folio *folio);
 int f2fs_recover_inline_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *npage);
 struct f2fs_dir_entry *f2fs_find_in_inline_dir(struct inode *dir,
 					const struct f2fs_filename *fname,
-					struct page **res_page);
+					struct page **res_page,
+					bool use_hash);
 int f2fs_make_empty_inline_dir(struct inode *inode, struct inode *parent,
 			struct page *ipage);
 int f2fs_add_inline_entry(struct inode *dir, const struct f2fs_filename *fname,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inline.c b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
index cbd2a0d34804..3e3c35d4c98b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inline.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ int f2fs_recover_inline_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *npage)
 
 struct f2fs_dir_entry *f2fs_find_in_inline_dir(struct inode *dir,
 					const struct f2fs_filename *fname,
-					struct page **res_page)
+					struct page **res_page,
+					bool use_hash)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(dir->i_sb);
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de;
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ struct f2fs_dir_entry *f2fs_find_in_inline_dir(struct inode *dir,
 	inline_dentry = inline_data_addr(dir, ipage);
 
 	make_dentry_ptr_inline(dir, &d, inline_dentry);
-	de = f2fs_find_target_dentry(&d, fname, NULL);
+	de = f2fs_find_target_dentry(&d, fname, NULL, use_hash);
 	unlock_page(ipage);
 	if (IS_ERR(de)) {
 		*res_page = ERR_CAST(de);
