diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index aab3b8b3ab0a..1fc7760499f1 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -397,6 +397,12 @@ static int do_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		fi->i_inline_xattr_size = 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!sanity_check_inode(inode, node_page)) {
+		f2fs_put_page(node_page, 1);
+		f2fs_handle_error(sbi, ERROR_CORRUPTED_INODE);
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+	}
+
 	/* check data exist */
 	if (f2fs_has_inline_data(inode) && !f2fs_exist_data(inode))
 		__recover_inline_status(inode, node_page);
@@ -459,12 +465,6 @@ static int do_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	/* Need all the flag bits */
 	f2fs_init_read_extent_tree(inode, node_page);
 
-	if (!sanity_check_inode(inode, node_page)) {
-		f2fs_put_page(node_page, 1);
-		f2fs_handle_error(sbi, ERROR_CORRUPTED_INODE);
-		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
-	}
-
 	if (!sanity_check_extent_cache(inode)) {
 		f2fs_put_page(node_page, 1);
 		f2fs_handle_error(sbi, ERROR_CORRUPTED_INODE);