diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
index c1c1a86e7f47..866d2861c625 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ xfs_iformat_btree(
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(XFS_IFORK_NEXTENTS(ip, whichfork) <=
 					XFS_IFORK_MAXEXT(ip, whichfork) ||
+		     nrecs == 0 ||
 		     XFS_BMDR_SPACE_CALC(nrecs) >
 					XFS_DFORK_SIZE(dip, mp, whichfork) ||
 		     XFS_IFORK_NEXTENTS(ip, whichfork) > ip->i_d.di_nblocks) ||