diff --git a/fs/hfs/btree.c b/fs/hfs/btree.c
index 9b9d6395bad..052f214ea6f 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/btree.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/btree.c
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ struct hfs_btree *hfs_btree_open(struct super_block *sb, u32 id, btree_keycmp ke
 	}
 	unlock_new_inode(tree->inode);
 
+	if (!HFS_I(tree->inode)->first_blocks) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: invalid btree extent records (0 size).\n");
+		goto free_inode;
+	}
+
 	mapping = tree->inode->i_mapping;
 	page = read_mapping_page(mapping, 0, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(page))