diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 702e9b637fc0..0f49638d2a5d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ static void __recover_inline_status(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage)
 	return;
 }
 
+static bool sanity_check_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int do_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
@@ -143,6 +150,11 @@ static int do_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	get_inline_info(fi, ri);
 
+	if (!sanity_check_inode(inode)) {
+		f2fs_put_page(node_page, 1);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* check data exist */
 	if (f2fs_has_inline_data(inode) && !f2fs_exist_data(inode))
 		__recover_inline_status(inode, node_page);