diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 7ffe71a8dfb9..abfe9e2a2e43 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ int nilfs_read_inode_common(struct inode *inode,
 	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime_nsec);
 	inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime_nsec);
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime_nsec);
+	if (nilfs_is_metadata_file_inode(inode) && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return -EIO; /* this inode is for metadata and corrupted */
 	if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
 		return -ESTALE; /* this inode is deleted */