diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
index 6638483e8ad8..493d4d9e0f79 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
@@ -221,6 +221,17 @@ static int check_extent_data_item(struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 
 	fi = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, slot, struct btrfs_file_extent_item);
 
+	/*
+	 * Make sure the item contains at least inline header, so the file
+	 * extent type is not some garbage.
+	 */
+	if (item_size < BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_INLINE_DATA_START) {
+		file_extent_err(leaf, slot,
+				"invalid item size, have %u expect [%lu, %u)",
+				item_size, BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_INLINE_DATA_START,
+				SZ_4K);
+		return -EUCLEAN;
+	}
 	if (btrfs_file_extent_type(leaf, fi) >= BTRFS_NR_FILE_EXTENT_TYPES) {
 		file_extent_err(leaf, slot,
 		"invalid type for file extent, have %u expect range [0, %u]",