diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index c81cd5057b8e..624817eeb25e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -825,15 +825,15 @@ int get_valid_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	cp_block = (struct f2fs_checkpoint *)page_address(cur_page);
 	memcpy(sbi->ckpt, cp_block, blk_size);
 
-	/* Sanity checking of checkpoint */
-	if (sanity_check_ckpt(sbi))
-		goto free_fail_no_cp;
-
 	if (cur_page == cp1)
 		sbi->cur_cp_pack = 1;
 	else
 		sbi->cur_cp_pack = 2;
 
+	/* Sanity checking of checkpoint */
+	if (sanity_check_ckpt(sbi))
+		goto free_fail_no_cp;
+
 	if (cp_blks <= 1)
 		goto done;
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 9fafb1404f39..de4de4ebe64c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1957,6 +1957,7 @@ int sanity_check_ckpt(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	unsigned int sit_bitmap_size, nat_bitmap_size;
 	unsigned int log_blocks_per_seg;
 	unsigned int segment_count_main;
+	unsigned int cp_pack_start_sum, cp_payload;
 	block_t user_block_count;
 	int i;
 
@@ -2017,6 +2018,17 @@ int sanity_check_ckpt(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	cp_pack_start_sum = __start_sum_addr(sbi);
+	cp_payload = __cp_payload(sbi);
+	if (cp_pack_start_sum < cp_payload + 1 ||
+		cp_pack_start_sum > blocks_per_seg - 1 -
+			NR_CURSEG_TYPE) {
+		f2fs_msg(sbi->sb, KERN_ERR,
+			"Wrong cp_pack_start_sum: %u",
+			cp_pack_start_sum);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi))) {
 		f2fs_msg(sbi->sb, KERN_ERR, "A bug case: need to run fsck");
 		return 1;