diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index fcc89856ab95..a799010246bd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1689,7 +1689,8 @@ int ocfs2_read_inode_block_full(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **bh,
 
 	rc = ocfs2_read_blocks(INODE_CACHE(inode), OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
 			       1, &tmp, flags, ocfs2_validate_inode_block);
-
+	if (rc < 0)
+		make_bad_inode(inode);
 	/* If ocfs2_read_blocks() got us a new bh, pass it up. */
 	if (!rc && !*bh)
 		*bh = tmp;