diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index c1a514ffff55..094ae1a91c44 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -4293,7 +4293,16 @@ xlog_recover_add_to_trans(
 			kmem_zalloc(item->ri_total * sizeof(xfs_log_iovec_t),
 				    0);
 	}
-	ASSERT(item->ri_total > item->ri_cnt);
+
+	if (item->ri_total <= item->ri_cnt) {
+		xfs_warn(log->l_mp,
+	"log item region count (%d) overflowed size (%d)",
+				item->ri_cnt, item->ri_total);
+		ASSERT(0);
+		kmem_free(ptr);
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+	}
+
 	/* Description region is ri_buf[0] */
 	item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt].i_addr = ptr;
 	item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt].i_len  = len;