diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 358ab3535366..180107a11046 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1536,6 +1536,14 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	if ((le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_DIO_ORPHANED_FL) &&
+	    le16_to_cpu(di->i_dio_orphaned_slot) >= OCFS2_SB(sb)->max_slots) {
+		rc = ocfs2_error(sb, "Invalid dinode %llu: DIO orphaned slot %u\n",
+				 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+				 le16_to_cpu(di->i_dio_orphaned_slot));
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Reject dinodes whose i_mode does not name one of the seven
 	 * canonical POSIX file types.  ocfs2_populate_inode() copies