diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index b4621277e259..20eaa66705cc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2454,8 +2454,16 @@ int do_journal_get_write_access(handle_t *handle,
 #define FALL_BACK_TO_NONDELALLOC 1
 #define CONVERT_INLINE_DATA	 2
 
-extern struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
-extern struct inode *ext4_iget_normal(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
+extern struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
+				 int flags, const char *function,
+				 unsigned int line);
+
+#define EXT4_IGET_NORMAL	1
+#define EXT4_IGET_HANDLE	2
+
+#define ext4_iget(sb, ino, flags) \
+	__ext4_iget((sb), (ino), (flags), __func__, __LINE__)
+
 extern int  ext4_write_inode(struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
 extern int  ext4_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern int  ext4_getattr(const struct path *, struct kstat *, u32, unsigned int);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 014f6a698cb7..06aa3b6c3f18 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_orphan_get(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	if (!ext4_test_bit(bit, bitmap_bh->b_data))
 		goto bad_orphan;
 
-	inode = ext4_iget(sb, ino);
+	inode = ext4_iget(sb, ino, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		ext4_error(sb, "couldn't read orphan inode %lu (err %d)",
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 22a9d8159720..07fc7a12508e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4817,7 +4817,9 @@ static inline u64 ext4_inode_peek_iversion(const struct inode *inode)
 		return inode_peek_iversion(inode);
 }
 
-struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
+struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
+			  int flags, const char *function,
+			  unsigned int line)
 {
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 	struct ext4_inode *raw_inode;
@@ -4831,6 +4833,18 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	gid_t i_gid;
 	projid_t i_projid;
 
+	if (((flags & EXT4_IGET_NORMAL) &&
+	     (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) && ino != EXT4_ROOT_INO)) ||
+	    (ino < EXT4_ROOT_INO) ||
+	    (ino > le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count))) {
+		if (flags & EXT4_IGET_HANDLE)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
+		__ext4_error(sb, function, line,
+			     "inode #%lu: comm %s: iget: illegal inode #",
+			     ino, current->comm);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EFSCORRUPTED);
+	}
+
 	inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -4846,18 +4860,26 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	raw_inode = ext4_raw_inode(&iloc);
 
 	if ((ino == EXT4_ROOT_INO) && (raw_inode->i_links_count == 0)) {
-		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "root inode unallocated");
+		ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+				 "iget: root inode unallocated");
 		ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
 		goto bad_inode;
 	}
 
+	if ((flags & EXT4_IGET_HANDLE) &&
+	    (raw_inode->i_links_count == 0) && (raw_inode->i_mode == 0)) {
+		ret = -ESTALE;
+		goto bad_inode;
+	}
+
 	if (EXT4_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {
 		ei->i_extra_isize = le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_extra_isize);
 		if (EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE + ei->i_extra_isize >
 			EXT4_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) ||
 		    (ei->i_extra_isize & 3)) {
-			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
-					 "bad extra_isize %u (inode size %u)",
+			ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+					 "iget: bad extra_isize %u "
+					 "(inode size %u)",
 					 ei->i_extra_isize,
 					 EXT4_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb));
 			ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
@@ -4879,7 +4901,8 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	}
 
 	if (!ext4_inode_csum_verify(inode, raw_inode, ei)) {
-		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "checksum invalid");
+		ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+				 "iget: checksum invalid");
 		ret = -EFSBADCRC;
 		goto bad_inode;
 	}
@@ -4936,7 +4959,8 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 			((__u64)le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_file_acl_high)) << 32;
 	inode->i_size = ext4_isize(sb, raw_inode);
 	if ((size = i_size_read(inode)) < 0) {
-		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "bad i_size value: %lld", size);
+		ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+				 "iget: bad i_size value: %lld", size);
 		ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
 		goto bad_inode;
 	}
@@ -5012,7 +5036,8 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	ret = 0;
 	if (ei->i_file_acl &&
 	    !ext4_data_block_valid(EXT4_SB(sb), ei->i_file_acl, 1)) {
-		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "bad extended attribute block %llu",
+		ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+				 "iget: bad extended attribute block %llu",
 				 ei->i_file_acl);
 		ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
 		goto bad_inode;
@@ -5040,8 +5065,9 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		/* VFS does not allow setting these so must be corruption */
 		if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)) {
-			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
-			  "immutable or append flags not allowed on symlinks");
+			ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+					 "iget: immutable or append flags "
+					 "not allowed on symlinks");
 			ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
 			goto bad_inode;
 		}
@@ -5071,7 +5097,8 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		make_bad_inode(inode);
 	} else {
 		ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
-		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "bogus i_mode (%o)", inode->i_mode);
+		ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+				 "iget: bogus i_mode (%o)", inode->i_mode);
 		goto bad_inode;
 	}
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
@@ -5085,13 +5112,6 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
-struct inode *ext4_iget_normal(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
-{
-	if (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) && ino != EXT4_ROOT_INO)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EFSCORRUPTED);
-	return ext4_iget(sb, ino);
-}
-
 static int ext4_inode_blocks_set(handle_t *handle,
 				struct ext4_inode *raw_inode,
 				struct ext4_inode_info *ei)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 0edee31913d1..03a45f669b2e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static long swap_inode_boot_loader(struct super_block *sb,
 	    !inode_owner_or_capable(inode) || !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	inode_bl = ext4_iget(sb, EXT4_BOOT_LOADER_INO);
+	inode_bl = ext4_iget(sb, EXT4_BOOT_LOADER_INO, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode_bl))
 		return PTR_ERR(inode_bl);
 	ei_bl = EXT4_I(inode_bl);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 437f71fe83ae..2b928eb07fa2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsi
 					 dentry);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EFSCORRUPTED);
 		}
-		inode = ext4_iget_normal(dir->i_sb, ino);
+		inode = ext4_iget(dir->i_sb, ino, EXT4_IGET_NORMAL);
 		if (inode == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)) {
 			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir,
 					 "deleted inode referenced: %u",
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ struct dentry *ext4_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFSCORRUPTED);
 	}
 
-	return d_obtain_alias(ext4_iget_normal(child->d_sb, ino));
+	return d_obtain_alias(ext4_iget(child->d_sb, ino, EXT4_IGET_NORMAL));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index bc8ee0c498cc..283f8c752215 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ int ext4_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_new_group_data *input)
 				     "No reserved GDT blocks, can't resize");
 			return -EPERM;
 		}
-		inode = ext4_iget(sb, EXT4_RESIZE_INO);
+		inode = ext4_iget(sb, EXT4_RESIZE_INO, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			ext4_warning(sb, "Error opening resize inode");
 			return PTR_ERR(inode);
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ int ext4_resize_fs(struct super_block *sb, ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count)
 		}
 
 		if (!resize_inode)
-			resize_inode = ext4_iget(sb, EXT4_RESIZE_INO);
+			resize_inode = ext4_iget(sb, EXT4_RESIZE_INO, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(resize_inode)) {
 			ext4_warning(sb, "Error opening resize inode");
 			return PTR_ERR(resize_inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index e862b82066ab..aa45c233c4cf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1173,20 +1173,11 @@ static struct inode *ext4_nfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	if (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) && ino != EXT4_ROOT_INO)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
-	if (ino > le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
-
-	/* iget isn't really right if the inode is currently unallocated!!
-	 *
-	 * ext4_read_inode will return a bad_inode if the inode had been
-	 * deleted, so we should be safe.
-	 *
+	/*
 	 * Currently we don't know the generation for parent directory, so
 	 * a generation of 0 means "accept any"
 	 */
-	inode = ext4_iget_normal(sb, ino);
+	inode = ext4_iget(sb, ino, EXT4_IGET_NORMAL | EXT4_IGET_HANDLE);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	if (generation && inode->i_generation != generation) {
@@ -4350,7 +4341,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	 * so we can safely mount the rest of the filesystem now.
 	 */
 
-	root = ext4_iget(sb, EXT4_ROOT_INO);
+	root = ext4_iget(sb, EXT4_ROOT_INO, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(root)) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "get root inode failed");
 		ret = PTR_ERR(root);
@@ -4618,7 +4609,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_get_journal_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	 * happen if we iget() an unused inode, as the subsequent iput()
 	 * will try to delete it.
 	 */
-	journal_inode = ext4_iget(sb, journal_inum);
+	journal_inode = ext4_iget(sb, journal_inum, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(journal_inode)) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "no journal found");
 		return NULL;
@@ -5700,7 +5691,7 @@ static int ext4_quota_enable(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
 	if (!qf_inums[type])
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	qf_inode = ext4_iget(sb, qf_inums[type]);
+	qf_inode = ext4_iget(sb, qf_inums[type], 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(qf_inode)) {
 		ext4_error(sb, "Bad quota inode # %lu", qf_inums[type]);
 		return PTR_ERR(qf_inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 510c9bb7ce71..7fddd519adae 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_iget(struct inode *parent, unsigned long ea_ino,
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int err;
 
-	inode = ext4_iget(parent->i_sb, ea_ino);
+	inode = ext4_iget(parent->i_sb, ea_ino, EXT4_IGET_NORMAL);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		ext4_error(parent->i_sb,
@@ -1482,7 +1482,8 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_cache_find(struct inode *inode, const void *value,
 	}
 
 	while (ce) {
-		ea_inode = ext4_iget(inode->i_sb, ce->e_value);
+		ea_inode = ext4_iget(inode->i_sb, ce->e_value,
+				     EXT4_IGET_NORMAL);
 		if (!IS_ERR(ea_inode) &&
 		    !is_bad_inode(ea_inode) &&
 		    (EXT4_I(ea_inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL) &&
