diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
index 552234ef22fe..3e15a8fdac4c 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ static bool nilfs_check_page(struct page *page)
 			goto Enamelen;
 		if (((offs + rec_len - 1) ^ offs) & ~(chunk_size-1))
 			goto Espan;
+		if (unlikely(p->inode &&
+			     NILFS_PRIVATE_INODE(le64_to_cpu(p->inode))))
+			goto Einumber;
 	}
 	if (offs != limit)
 		goto Eend;
@@ -168,6 +171,9 @@ Enamelen:
 	goto bad_entry;
 Espan:
 	error = "directory entry across blocks";
+	goto bad_entry;
+Einumber:
+	error = "disallowed inode number";
 bad_entry:
 	nilfs_error(sb,
 		    "bad entry in directory #%lu: %s - offset=%lu, inode=%lu, rec_len=%d, name_len=%d",
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index e6084b7ab36b..7a1243c7a74a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ enum {
 	((ino) >= NILFS_FIRST_INO(sb) ||				\
 	 ((ino) < NILFS_USER_INO && (NILFS_SYS_INO_BITS & BIT(ino))))
 
+#define NILFS_PRIVATE_INODE(ino) ({					\
+	ino_t __ino = (ino);						\
+	((__ino) < NILFS_USER_INO && (__ino) != NILFS_ROOT_INO &&	\
+	 (__ino) != NILFS_SKETCH_INO); })
+
 /**
  * struct nilfs_transaction_info: context information for synchronization
  * @ti_magic: Magic number