diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 471bc74..ada9e02 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -638,9 +638,7 @@
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	if (unlikely(ino < F2FS_ROOT_INO(sbi)))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
-	if (unlikely(ino >= NM_I(sbi)->max_nid))
+	if (check_nid_range(sbi, ino))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 
 	/*