diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 1b9c7a387dc7..913f5af9bf24 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -2082,6 +2082,14 @@ static int reiserfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 		unlock_new_inode(root_inode);
 	}
 
+	if (!S_ISDIR(root_inode->i_mode) || !inode_get_bytes(root_inode) ||
+	    !root_inode->i_size) {
+		SWARN(silent, s, "", "corrupt root inode, run fsck");
+		iput(root_inode);
+		errval = -EUCLEAN;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
 	s->s_root = d_make_root(root_inode);
 	if (!s->s_root)
 		goto error;