diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index a510a0eb1adc..d483e0c61d12 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1477,6 +1477,15 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	if ((le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL) &&
+	    ocfs2_read_links_count(di)) {
+		rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
+				 "Invalid dinode #%llu: orphaned with %u links\n",
+				 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+				 ocfs2_read_links_count(di));
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
 	if (le32_to_cpu(di->i_fs_generation) !=
 	    OCFS2_SB(sb)->fs_generation) {
 		rc = ocfs2_error(sb,