diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 1ed86df343a5..65f1dc32f173 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -372,6 +372,12 @@ static bool sanity_check_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *node_page)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if (inode->i_nlink == 0) {
+		f2fs_warn(sbi, "%s: inode (ino=%lx) has a link count of 0",
+			  __func__, inode->i_ino);
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	return true;
 }