diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 06941705e893..21d3eabe95e0 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -285,6 +285,12 @@ static bool sanity_check_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *node_page)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if (ino_of_node(node_page) == fi->i_xattr_nid) {
+		f2fs_warn(sbi, "%s: corrupted inode i_ino=%lx, xnid=%x, run fsck to fix.",
+			  __func__, inode->i_ino, fi->i_xattr_nid);
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	if (f2fs_has_extra_attr(inode)) {
 		if (!f2fs_sb_has_extra_attr(sbi)) {
 			f2fs_warn(sbi, "%s: inode (ino=%lx) is with extra_attr, but extra_attr feature is off",