diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index b0c701c007c6..d131f34cd3e1 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ int fuse_lookup_name(struct super_block *sb, u64 nodeid, const struct qstr *name
 		goto out_put_forget;
 	if (fuse_invalid_attr(&outarg->attr))
 		goto out_put_forget;
+	if (outarg->nodeid == FUSE_ROOT_ID && outarg->generation != 0) {
+		pr_warn_once("root generation should be zero\n");
+		outarg->generation = 0;
+	}
 
 	*inode = fuse_iget(sb, outarg->nodeid, outarg->generation,
 			   &outarg->attr, entry_attr_timeout(outarg),