diff --git a/fs/hfs/super.c b/fs/hfs/super.c
index a4f2a2bfa6d3..2e52acf282b0 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/super.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static int hfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 			goto bail_hfs_find;
 		}
 		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &rec, fd.entryoffset, fd.entrylength);
-		if (rec.type != HFS_CDR_DIR)
+		if (rec.type != HFS_CDR_DIR || rec.dir.DirID != cpu_to_be32(HFS_ROOT_CNID))
 			res = -EIO;
 	}
 	if (res)