diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
index e544c704b583..40e5e95fd375 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ struct ocfs2_slot_info {
 static int __ocfs2_node_num_to_slot(struct ocfs2_slot_info *si,
 				    unsigned int node_num);
 
+static int ocfs2_validate_slot_map_block(struct super_block *sb,
+					  struct buffer_head *bh)
+
 static void ocfs2_invalidate_slot(struct ocfs2_slot_info *si,
 				  int slot_num)
 {
@@ -132,7 +135,8 @@ int ocfs2_refresh_slot_info(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	 * this is not true, the read of -1 (UINT64_MAX) will fail.
 	 */
 	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(INODE_CACHE(si->si_inode), -1, si->si_blocks,
-				si->si_bh, OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE, NULL);
+				si->si_bh, OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE,
+				ocfs2_validate_slot_map_block);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
 		ocfs2_update_slot_info(si);
@@ -332,6 +336,26 @@ int ocfs2_clear_slot(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int slot_num)
 	return ocfs2_update_disk_slot(osb, osb->slot_info, slot_num);
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_validate_slot_map_block(struct super_block *sb,
+					  struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	BUG_ON(!buffer_uptodate(bh));
+
+	if (bh->b_blocknr < OCFS2_SUPER_BLOCK_BLKNO) {
+		rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
+				 "Invalid Slot Map Buffer Head "
+				 "Block Number : %llu, Should be >= %d",
+				 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+				 OCFS2_SUPER_BLOCK_BLKNO);
+		if (!rc)
+			return -EIO;
+		return rc;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_map_slot_buffers(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				  struct ocfs2_slot_info *si)
 {
@@ -383,7 +407,8 @@ static int ocfs2_map_slot_buffers(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 		bh = NULL;  /* Acquire a fresh bh */
 		status = ocfs2_read_blocks(INODE_CACHE(si->si_inode), blkno,
-					   1, &bh, OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE, NULL);
+					   1, &bh, OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE,
+					   ocfs2_validate_slot_map_block);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;