diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/btree.c b/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
index 40ce92a332fe..146640f0607a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ static int nilfs_btree_lookup_contig(const struct nilfs_bmap *btree,
 		dat = nilfs_bmap_get_dat(btree);
 		ret = nilfs_dat_translate(dat, ptr, &blocknr);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out;
+			goto dat_error;
 		ptr = blocknr;
 	}
 	cnt = 1;
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static int nilfs_btree_lookup_contig(const struct nilfs_bmap *btree,
 			if (dat) {
 				ret = nilfs_dat_translate(dat, ptr2, &blocknr);
 				if (ret < 0)
-					goto out;
+					goto dat_error;
 				ptr2 = blocknr;
 			}
 			if (ptr2 != ptr + cnt || ++cnt == maxblocks)
@@ -781,6 +781,11 @@ static int nilfs_btree_lookup_contig(const struct nilfs_bmap *btree,
  out:
 	nilfs_btree_free_path(path);
 	return ret;
+
+ dat_error:
+	if (ret == -ENOENT)
+		ret = -EINVAL;  /* Notify bmap layer of metadata corruption */
+	goto out;
 }
 
 static void nilfs_btree_promote_key(struct nilfs_bmap *btree,
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/direct.c b/fs/nilfs2/direct.c
index a35f2795b242..8f802f7b0840 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/direct.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int nilfs_direct_lookup_contig(const struct nilfs_bmap *direct,
 		dat = nilfs_bmap_get_dat(direct);
 		ret = nilfs_dat_translate(dat, ptr, &blocknr);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
+			goto dat_error;
 		ptr = blocknr;
 	}
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int nilfs_direct_lookup_contig(const struct nilfs_bmap *direct,
 		if (dat) {
 			ret = nilfs_dat_translate(dat, ptr2, &blocknr);
 			if (ret < 0)
-				return ret;
+				goto dat_error;
 			ptr2 = blocknr;
 		}
 		if (ptr2 != ptr + cnt)
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ static int nilfs_direct_lookup_contig(const struct nilfs_bmap *direct,
 	}
 	*ptrp = ptr;
 	return cnt;
+
+ dat_error:
+	if (ret == -ENOENT)
+		ret = -EINVAL;  /* Notify bmap layer of metadata corruption */
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static __u64