diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 432eac01c176..6fc29920ecb2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1639,6 +1639,29 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (S_ISLNK(le16_to_cpu(di->i_mode)) &&
+	    !le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters)) {
+		int max_inline = ocfs2_fast_symlink_chars(sb);
+		u64 i_size = le64_to_cpu(di->i_size);
+
+		if (i_size >= max_inline) {
+			rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
+					 "Invalid dinode #%llu: fast symlink i_size %llu exceeds max %d\n",
+					 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+					 (unsigned long long)i_size,
+					 max_inline - 1);
+			goto bail;
+		}
+
+		if (strnlen((char *)di->id2.i_symlink, i_size + 1) != i_size) {
+			rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
+					 "Invalid dinode #%llu: fast symlink is not NUL-terminated at i_size %llu\n",
+					 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+					 (unsigned long long)i_size);
+			goto bail;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_CHAIN_FL) {
 		struct ocfs2_chain_list *cl = &di->id2.i_chain;
 		u16 bpc = 1 << (OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits -