diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index d53a316162d6..9a18f69f6e96 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -483,7 +483,28 @@ xfs_iget_cache_miss(
 
 	trace_xfs_iget_miss(ip);
 
-	if ((VFS_I(ip)->i_mode == 0) && !(flags & XFS_IGET_CREATE)) {
+
+	/*
+	 * If we are allocating a new inode, then check what was returned is
+	 * actually a free, empty inode. If we are not allocating an inode,
+	 * the check we didn't find a free inode.
+	 */
+	if (flags & XFS_IGET_CREATE) {
+		if (VFS_I(ip)->i_mode != 0) {
+			xfs_warn(mp,
+"Corruption detected! Free inode 0x%llx not marked free on disk",
+				ino);
+			error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+			goto out_destroy;
+		}
+		if (ip->i_d.di_nblocks != 0) {
+			xfs_warn(mp,
+"Corruption detected! Free inode 0x%llx has blocks allocated!",
+				ino);
+			error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+			goto out_destroy;
+		}
+	} else if (VFS_I(ip)->i_mode == 0) {
 		error = -ENOENT;
 		goto out_destroy;
 	}