diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index efd5aff..1549c76 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ xfs_readlink(
 	char		*link)
 {
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp = ip->i_mount;
-	int		pathlen;
+	xfs_fsize_t	pathlen;
 	int		error = 0;
 
 	vn_trace_entry(ip, __FUNCTION__, (inst_t *)__return_address);
@@ -994,13 +994,19 @@ xfs_readlink(
 
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 
-	ASSERT((ip->i_d.di_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK);
-	ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_size <= MAXPATHLEN);
-
 	pathlen = ip->i_d.di_size;
 	if (!pathlen)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (pathlen < 0 || pathlen > MAXPATHLEN) {
+		cmn_err(CE_ALERT, "%s: inode (%llu) bad symlink length (%lld)",
+			 __func__, (unsigned long long) ip->i_ino,
+			 (long long) pathlen);
+		ASSERT(0);
+		return XFS_ERROR(EFSCORRUPTED);
+	}
+
+
 	if (ip->i_df.if_flags & XFS_IFINLINE) {
 		memcpy(link, ip->i_df.if_u1.if_data, pathlen);
 		link[pathlen] = '\0';