1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index fbae5f4eea09..7dfdc503e601 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -2085,6 +2085,14 @@ static int reiserfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
                 unlock_new_inode(root_inode);
         }
 
+        if (!S_ISDIR(root_inode->i_mode) || !inode_get_bytes(root_inode) ||
+            !root_inode->i_size) {
+                SWARN(silent, s, "", "corrupt root inode, run fsck");
+                iput(root_inode);
+                errval = -EUCLEAN;
+                goto error;
+        }
+
         s->s_root = d_make_root(root_inode);
         if (!s->s_root)
                 goto error;