diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index b5536570707c..8d04ff8ba54a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -286,6 +286,12 @@ static bool sanity_check_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *node_page)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if (fi->i_xattr_nid && f2fs_check_nid_range(sbi, fi->i_xattr_nid)) {
+		f2fs_warn(sbi, "%s: inode (ino=%lx) has corrupted i_xattr_nid: %u, run fsck to fix.",
+			  __func__, inode->i_ino, fi->i_xattr_nid);
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	return true;
 }