diff --git a/fs/omfs/inode.c b/fs/omfs/inode.c
index 701ed85d9831..23aa3f54aaba 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/inode.c
@@ -513,6 +513,12 @@ static int omfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 		goto out_brelse_bh;
 	}
 
+	if (sbi->s_sys_blocksize < OMFS_DIR_START) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "omfs: sysblock size (%d) is too small\n",
+			sbi->s_sys_blocksize);
+		goto out_brelse_bh;
+	}
+
 	if (sbi->s_blocksize < sbi->s_sys_blocksize ||
 	    sbi->s_blocksize > OMFS_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "omfs: block size (%d) is out of range\n",