diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 9bb046d..1586807 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,11 @@
 
 		if (!inode)
 			return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+
+		if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
+			iput(inode);
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		}
 	}
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
@@ -1054,6 +1059,11 @@
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
 
+	if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
+		iput(inode);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	}
+
 	parent = d_alloc_anon(inode);
 	if (!parent) {
 		iput(inode);