diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 14bf440ea4df..a9b8d7f10836 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1491,7 +1491,12 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
 				 le32_to_cpu(di->i_fs_generation));
 		goto bail;
 	}
-
+	if (unlikely(le32_to_cpu(di->i_mode) == 0)) {
+		rc = ocfs2_error(sb, "Invalid dinode #%llu: i_mode is zero! "
+                           "FS corruption detected.\n",
+                           (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+		goto bail;
+	}
 	rc = 0;
 
 bail: