diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index dc0f7519045f1172e5b2a53d22ad3e13d5793d8f..3dea681302a86dbeab5d2ce86bfdfbf5dcc9b253 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -291,6 +291,18 @@ int simple_offset_add(struct offset_ctx *octx, struct dentry *dentry)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int simple_offset_replace(struct offset_ctx *octx, struct dentry *dentry,
+				 long offset)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = mtree_store(&octx->mt, offset, dentry, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	offset_set(dentry, offset);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * simple_offset_remove - Remove an entry to a directory's offset map
  * @octx: directory offset ctx to be updated
@@ -309,6 +321,36 @@ void simple_offset_remove(struct offset_ctx *octx, struct dentry *dentry)
 	offset_set(dentry, 0);
 }
 
+/**
+ * simple_offset_rename - handle directory offsets for rename
+ * @old_dir: parent directory of source entry
+ * @old_dentry: dentry of source entry
+ * @new_dir: parent_directory of destination entry
+ * @new_dentry: dentry of destination
+ *
+ * Caller provides appropriate serialization.
+ *
+ * User space expects the directory offset value of the replaced
+ * (new) directory entry to be unchanged after a rename.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success, a negative errno value on failure.
+ */
+int simple_offset_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
+			 struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry)
+{
+	struct offset_ctx *old_ctx = old_dir->i_op->get_offset_ctx(old_dir);
+	struct offset_ctx *new_ctx = new_dir->i_op->get_offset_ctx(new_dir);
+	long new_offset = dentry2offset(new_dentry);
+
+	simple_offset_remove(old_ctx, old_dentry);
+
+	if (new_offset) {
+		offset_set(new_dentry, 0);
+		return simple_offset_replace(new_ctx, old_dentry, new_offset);
+	}
+	return simple_offset_add(new_ctx, old_dentry);
+}
+
 /**
  * simple_offset_rename_exchange - exchange rename with directory offsets
  * @old_dir: parent of dentry being moved
@@ -316,6 +358,9 @@ void simple_offset_remove(struct offset_ctx *octx, struct dentry *dentry)
  * @new_dir: destination parent
  * @new_dentry: destination dentry
  *
+ * This API preserves the directory offset values. Caller provides
+ * appropriate serialization.
+ *
  * Returns zero on success. Otherwise a negative errno is returned and the
  * rename is rolled back.
  */
@@ -333,11 +378,11 @@ int simple_offset_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir,
 	simple_offset_remove(old_ctx, old_dentry);
 	simple_offset_remove(new_ctx, new_dentry);
 
-	ret = simple_offset_add(new_ctx, old_dentry);
+	ret = simple_offset_replace(new_ctx, old_dentry, new_index);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_restore;
 
-	ret = simple_offset_add(old_ctx, new_dentry);
+	ret = simple_offset_replace(old_ctx, new_dentry, old_index);
 	if (ret) {
 		simple_offset_remove(new_ctx, old_dentry);
 		goto out_restore;
@@ -352,10 +397,8 @@ int simple_offset_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir,
 	return 0;
 
 out_restore:
-	offset_set(old_dentry, old_index);
-	xa_store(&old_ctx->xa, old_index, old_dentry, GFP_KERNEL);
-	offset_set(new_dentry, new_index);
-	xa_store(&new_ctx->xa, new_index, new_dentry, GFP_KERNEL);
+	(void)simple_offset_replace(old_ctx, old_dentry, old_index);
+	(void)simple_offset_replace(new_ctx, new_dentry, new_index);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e4ea5c34b90c83d3f3cb8fbfa7f0dd5b3ad45015..60541d17d03872164a26e88c3283642e15baf278 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3255,6 +3255,8 @@ struct offset_ctx {
 void simple_offset_init(struct offset_ctx *octx);
 int simple_offset_add(struct offset_ctx *octx, struct dentry *dentry);
 void simple_offset_remove(struct offset_ctx *octx, struct dentry *dentry);
+int simple_offset_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
+			 struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry);
 int simple_offset_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir,
 				  struct dentry *old_dentry,
 				  struct inode *new_dir,
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 0b82806727cff9c80508ab4bcdeb03454403d6f5..f259850950fbe157792c0e0ba23f627e326fb404 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3448,8 +3448,7 @@ static int shmem_rename2(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			return error;
 	}
 
-	simple_offset_remove(shmem_get_offset_ctx(old_dir), old_dentry);
-	error = simple_offset_add(shmem_get_offset_ctx(new_dir), old_dentry);
+	error = simple_offset_rename(old_dir, old_dentry, new_dir, new_dentry);
 	if (error)
 		return error;