diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 7ef7acdb93502176df3438a045c536851872c274..58df97e174d015398ab55741c6b9ba3bac2b508e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ static inline void f2fs_unlock_all(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
  */
 static inline int check_nid_range(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid)
 {
-	WARN_ON((nid >= NM_I(sbi)->max_nid));
+	if (unlikely(nid < F2FS_ROOT_INO(sbi)))
+		return -EINVAL;
 	if (unlikely(nid >= NM_I(sbi)->max_nid))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index adc622c6bdce68fd5363e1fb7f12e1d1bc9ccbbb..2cf6962f6cc859ed3c1e5712175a1ee39aad789a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ static int do_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (check_nid_range(sbi, inode->i_ino)) {
 		f2fs_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_ERR, "bad inode number: %lu",
 			 (unsigned long) inode->i_ino);
+		WARN_ON(1);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index b2b18637cb9eff9a959167b1b0d88dbe0a5116ed..8f96d9372adebc0d1ccf47545515e44de68b749d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -689,9 +689,7 @@ static struct inode *f2fs_nfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	if (unlikely(ino < F2FS_ROOT_INO(sbi)))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
-	if (unlikely(ino >= NM_I(sbi)->max_nid))
+	if (check_nid_range(sbi, ino))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 
 	/*