diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 7aa00d5..9eb701b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -214,12 +214,11 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_populate_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
-		     	 int create_ino)
+void ocfs2_populate_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
+			  int create_ino)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb;
-	int status = -EINVAL;
 	int use_plocks = 1;
 
 	mlog_entry("(0x%p, size:%llu)\n", inode,
@@ -232,25 +231,17 @@
 	    ocfs2_mount_local(osb) || !ocfs2_stack_supports_plocks())
 		use_plocks = 0;
 
-	/* this means that read_inode cannot create a superblock inode
-	 * today.  change if needed. */
-	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(fe) ||
-	    !(fe->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_VALID_FL))) {
-		mlog(0, "Invalid dinode: i_ino=%lu, i_blkno=%llu, "
-		     "signature = %.*s, flags = 0x%x\n",
-		     inode->i_ino,
-		     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(fe->i_blkno), 7,
-		     fe->i_signature, le32_to_cpu(fe->i_flags));
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	/*
+	 * These have all been checked by ocfs2_read_inode_block() or set
+	 * by ocfs2_mknod_locked(), so a failure is a code bug.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(fe));  /* This means that read_inode
+						cannot create a superblock
+						inode today.  change if
+						that is needed. */
+	BUG_ON(!(fe->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_VALID_FL)));
+	BUG_ON(le32_to_cpu(fe->i_fs_generation) != osb->fs_generation);
 
-	if (le32_to_cpu(fe->i_fs_generation) != osb->fs_generation) {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "file entry generation does not match "
-		     "superblock! osb->fs_generation=%x, "
-		     "fe->i_fs_generation=%x\n",
-		     osb->fs_generation, le32_to_cpu(fe->i_fs_generation));
-		goto bail;
-	}
 
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters);
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_attr = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_attr);
@@ -354,10 +345,7 @@
 
 	ocfs2_set_inode_flags(inode);
 
-	status = 0;
-bail:
-	mlog_exit(status);
-	return status;
+	mlog_exit_void();
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_read_locked_inode(struct inode *inode,
@@ -460,11 +448,14 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (can_lock)
-		status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, args->fi_blkno, 1, &bh,
-					   OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE);
-	else
+	if (can_lock) {
+		status = ocfs2_read_inode_block_full(inode, &bh,
+						     OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE);
+	} else {
 		status = ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(osb, args->fi_blkno, 1, &bh);
+		if (!status)
+			status = ocfs2_validate_inode_block(osb->sb, bh);
+	}
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -472,12 +463,6 @@
 
 	status = -EINVAL;
 	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) bh->b_data;
-	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(fe)) {
-		mlog(0, "Invalid dinode #%llu: signature = %.*s\n",
-		     (unsigned long long)args->fi_blkno, 7,
-		     fe->i_signature);
-		goto bail;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * This is a code bug. Right now the caller needs to
@@ -491,10 +476,9 @@
 
 	if (S_ISCHR(le16_to_cpu(fe->i_mode)) ||
 	    S_ISBLK(le16_to_cpu(fe->i_mode)))
-    		inode->i_rdev = huge_decode_dev(le64_to_cpu(fe->id1.dev1.i_rdev));
+		inode->i_rdev = huge_decode_dev(le64_to_cpu(fe->id1.dev1.i_rdev));
 
-	if (ocfs2_populate_inode(inode, fe, 0) < 0)
-		goto bail;
+	ocfs2_populate_inode(inode, fe, 0);
 
 	BUG_ON(args->fi_blkno != le64_to_cpu(fe->i_blkno));
 
@@ -1264,3 +1248,79 @@
 
 	spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
 }
+
+int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
+			       struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	int rc = -EINVAL;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)bh->b_data;
+
+	BUG_ON(!buffer_uptodate(bh));
+
+	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(di)) {
+		ocfs2_error(sb, "Invalid dinode #%llu: signature = %.*s\n",
+			    (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr, 7,
+			    di->i_signature);
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
+	if (le64_to_cpu(di->i_blkno) != bh->b_blocknr) {
+		ocfs2_error(sb, "Invalid dinode #%llu: i_blkno is %llu\n",
+			    (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+			    (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(di->i_blkno));
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
+	if (!(di->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_VALID_FL))) {
+		ocfs2_error(sb,
+			    "Invalid dinode #%llu: OCFS2_VALID_FL not set\n",
+			    (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
+	if (le32_to_cpu(di->i_fs_generation) !=
+	    OCFS2_SB(sb)->fs_generation) {
+		ocfs2_error(sb,
+			    "Invalid dinode #%llu: fs_generation is %u\n",
+			    (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+			    le32_to_cpu(di->i_fs_generation));
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
+	rc = 0;
+
+bail:
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_read_inode_block_full(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **bh,
+				int flags)
+{
+	int rc;
+	struct buffer_head *tmp = *bh;
+
+	rc = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, 1, &tmp,
+			       flags);
+	if (rc)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (!(flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD)) {
+		rc = ocfs2_validate_inode_block(inode->i_sb, tmp);
+		if (rc) {
+			brelse(tmp);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* If ocfs2_read_blocks() got us a new bh, pass it up. */
+	if (!*bh)
+		*bh = tmp;
+
+out:
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_read_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **bh)
+{
+	return ocfs2_read_inode_block_full(inode, bh, 0);
+}