diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 09b3c8a0c790..fc8dfaa27967 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3817,10 +3817,73 @@ int btrfs_read_buffer(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid)
 static int btrfs_check_super_valid(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			      int read_only)
 {
+	struct btrfs_super_block *sb = fs_info->super_copy;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (sb->root_level > BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "BTRFS: tree_root level too big: %d > %d\n",
+				sb->root_level, BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (sb->chunk_root_level > BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "BTRFS: chunk_root level too big: %d > %d\n",
+				sb->chunk_root_level, BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (sb->log_root_level > BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "BTRFS: log_root level too big: %d > %d\n",
+				sb->log_root_level, BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/*
-	 * Placeholder for checks
+	 * The common minimum, we don't know if we can trust the nodesize/sectorsize
+	 * items yet, they'll be verified later. Issue just a warning.
 	 */
-	return 0;
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(sb->root, 4096))
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "BTRFS: tree_root block unaligned: %llu\n",
+				sb->root);
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(sb->chunk_root, 4096))
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "BTRFS: tree_root block unaligned: %llu\n",
+				sb->chunk_root);
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(sb->log_root, 4096))
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "BTRFS: tree_root block unaligned: %llu\n",
+				sb->log_root);
+
+	if (memcmp(fs_info->fsid, sb->dev_item.fsid, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE) != 0) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "BTRFS: dev_item UUID does not match fsid: %pU != %pU\n",
+				fs_info->fsid, sb->dev_item.fsid);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Hint to catch really bogus numbers, bitflips or so, more exact checks are
+	 * done later
+	 */
+	if (sb->num_devices > (1UL << 31))
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "BTRFS: suspicious number of devices: %llu\n",
+				sb->num_devices);
+
+	if (sb->bytenr != BTRFS_SUPER_INFO_OFFSET) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "BTRFS: super offset mismatch %llu != %u\n",
+				sb->bytenr, BTRFS_SUPER_INFO_OFFSET);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The generation is a global counter, we'll trust it more than the others
+	 * but it's still possible that it's the one that's wrong.
+	 */
+	if (sb->generation < sb->chunk_root_generation)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING
+			"BTRFS: suspicious: generation < chunk_root_generation: %llu < %llu\n",
+			sb->generation, sb->chunk_root_generation);
+	if (sb->generation < sb->cache_generation && sb->cache_generation != (u64)-1)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING
+			"BTRFS: suspicious: generation < cache_generation: %llu < %llu\n",
+			sb->generation, sb->cache_generation);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void btrfs_error_commit_super(struct btrfs_root *root)