diff --git a/fs/bfs/inode.c b/fs/bfs/inode.c
index db81570c9637..e590b231ad20 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/inode.c
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ struct inode *bfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		inode->i_op = &bfs_file_inops;
 		inode->i_fop = &bfs_file_operations;
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &bfs_aops;
+	} else {
+		pr_err("Bad i_vtype for inode %s:%08lx\n", inode->i_sb->s_id, ino);
+		brelse(bh);
+		goto error;
 	}
 
 	BFS_I(inode)->i_sblock =  le32_to_cpu(di->i_sblock);