1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 4d55f58d99b7..fb85c5c81745 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -918,6 +918,13 @@ xfs_droplink(
 	xfs_trans_t *tp,
 	xfs_inode_t *ip)
 {
+	if (VFS_I(ip)->i_nlink == 0) {
+		xfs_alert(ip->i_mount,
+			  "%s: Attempt to drop inode (%llu) with nlink zero.",
+			  __func__, ip->i_ino);
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+	}
+
 	xfs_trans_ichgtime(tp, ip, XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG);
 
 	drop_nlink(VFS_I(ip));