diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 5235974126bd..c7b5a11e1abc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -897,6 +897,12 @@ ext4_find_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	ret = ext4_ext_check_inode(inode);
+	if (ret) {
+		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "inode has invalid extent");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	if (path) {
 		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
 		if (depth > path[0].p_maxdepth) {