diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_support.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_support.h
index 845e64a56c21..71bf844605e6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_support.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_support.h
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ extern char obd_jobid_var[];
 #define OBD_FAIL_LFSCK_CRASH		0x160a
 #define OBD_FAIL_LFSCK_NO_AUTO		0x160b
 #define OBD_FAIL_LFSCK_NO_DOUBLESCAN	0x160c
+#define OBD_FAIL_LFSCK_INVALID_PFID	0x1619
 
 /* UPDATE */
 #define OBD_FAIL_UPDATE_OBJ_NET			0x1700
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_req.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_req.c
index 9fe9d6c0a7d1..0567a152ab62 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_req.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_req.c
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ static void vvp_req_attr_set(const struct lu_env *env,
 	}
 	obdo_from_inode(oa, inode, valid_flags & flags);
 	obdo_set_parent_fid(oa, &ll_i2info(inode)->lli_fid);
+	if (OBD_FAIL_CHECK(OBD_FAIL_LFSCK_INVALID_PFID))
+		oa->o_parent_oid++;
 	memcpy(attr->cra_jobid, ll_i2info(inode)->lli_jobid,
 	       JOBSTATS_JOBID_SIZE);
 }