diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 3d404624bb96..9852067570e3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -2319,6 +2319,7 @@ static int ocfs2_verify_volume(struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
 			       struct ocfs2_blockcheck_stats *stats)
 {
 	int status = -EAGAIN;
+	u32 blkszbit;
 
 	if (memcmp(di->i_signature, OCFS2_SUPER_BLOCK_SIGNATURE,
 		   strlen(OCFS2_SUPER_BLOCK_SIGNATURE)) == 0) {
@@ -2333,11 +2334,15 @@ static int ocfs2_verify_volume(struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
 				goto out;
 		}
 		status = -EINVAL;
-		if ((1 << le32_to_cpu(di->id2.i_super.s_blocksize_bits)) != blksz) {
+		/* Acceptable block sizes are 512 bytes, 1K, 2K and 4K. */
+		blkszbit = le32_to_cpu(di->id2.i_super.s_blocksize_bits);
+		if (blkszbit < 9 || blkszbit > 12) {
 			mlog(ML_ERROR, "found superblock with incorrect block "
-			     "size: found %u, should be %u\n",
-			     1 << le32_to_cpu(di->id2.i_super.s_blocksize_bits),
-			       blksz);
+			     "size bit: found %u, should be 9, 10, 11, or 12\n",
+			     blkszbit);
+		} else if ((1 << le32_to_cpu(blkszbit)) != blksz) {
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "found superblock with incorrect block "
+			     "size: found %u, should be %u\n", 1 << blkszbit, blksz);
 		} else if (le16_to_cpu(di->id2.i_super.s_major_rev_level) !=
 			   OCFS2_MAJOR_REV_LEVEL ||
 			   le16_to_cpu(di->id2.i_super.s_minor_rev_level) !=