diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index b0e2b01..bd57be4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2963,7 +2963,8 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		err = PTR_ERR(root);
 		goto free_stats;
 	}
-	if (!S_ISDIR(root->i_mode) || !root->i_blocks || !root->i_size) {
+	if (!S_ISDIR(root->i_mode) || !root->i_blocks ||
+			!root->i_size || !root->i_nlink) {
 		iput(root);
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto free_stats;