diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
index c667c63f2cb0..fa8aefe6b7ec 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
@@ -358,19 +358,36 @@ xfs_dinode_verify_fork(
 	int			whichfork)
 {
 	uint32_t		di_nextents = XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip, whichfork);
+	mode_t			mode = be16_to_cpu(dip->di_mode);
+	uint32_t		fork_size = XFS_DFORK_SIZE(dip, mp, whichfork);
+	uint32_t		fork_format = XFS_DFORK_FORMAT(dip, whichfork);
 
-	switch (XFS_DFORK_FORMAT(dip, whichfork)) {
-	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL:
-		/*
-		 * no local regular files yet
-		 */
-		if (whichfork == XFS_DATA_FORK) {
-			if (S_ISREG(be16_to_cpu(dip->di_mode)))
-				return __this_address;
-			if (be64_to_cpu(dip->di_size) >
-					XFS_DFORK_SIZE(dip, mp, whichfork))
+	/*
+	 * For fork types that can contain local data, check that the fork
+	 * format matches the size of local data contained within the fork.
+	 *
+	 * For all types, check that when the size says the should be in extent
+	 * or btree format, the inode isn't claiming it is in local format.
+	 */
+	if (whichfork == XFS_DATA_FORK) {
+		if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)) {
+			if (be64_to_cpu(dip->di_size) <= fork_size &&
+			    fork_format != XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL)
 				return __this_address;
 		}
+
+		if (be64_to_cpu(dip->di_size) > fork_size &&
+		    fork_format == XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL)
+			return __this_address;
+	}
+
+	switch (fork_format) {
+	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL:
+		/*
+		 * No local regular files yet.
+		 */
+		if (S_ISREG(mode) && whichfork == XFS_DATA_FORK)
+			return __this_address;
 		if (di_nextents)
 			return __this_address;
 		break;