diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c
index 74b1ebb40a4c..d03de74fd76f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c
@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@ xchk_inode_flags2(
 	if (xfs_dinode_has_bigtime(dip) && !xfs_has_bigtime(mp))
 		goto bad;
 
+	/* no large extent counts without the filesystem feature */
+	if ((flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_NREXT64) && !xfs_has_large_extent_counts(mp))
+		goto bad;
+
 	return;
 bad:
 	xchk_ino_set_corrupt(sc, ino);