diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 23aa70b2790c..829ad632533b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -1377,8 +1377,9 @@ xfs_bmap_read_extents(
 			return error;
 		block = XFS_BUF_TO_BLOCK(bp);
 	}
+	if (i != XFS_IFORK_NEXTENTS(ip, whichfork))
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	ASSERT(i == xfs_iext_count(ifp));
-	ASSERT(i == XFS_IFORK_NEXTENTS(ip, whichfork));
 	XFS_BMAP_TRACE_EXLIST(ip, i, whichfork);
 	return 0;
 error0: