diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c b/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c
index d7455ea70287..0c4548d8cd0b 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c
@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ static int __hfsplus_delete_attr(struct inode *inode, u32 cnid,
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
+	/* Avoid btree corruption */
+	hfs_bnode_read(fd->bnode, fd->search_key,
+			fd->keyoffset, fd->keylength);
+
 	err = hfs_brec_remove(fd);
 	if (err)
 		return err;