diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
index c58d72c220f5..4f7913f84b28 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
@@ -631,7 +631,8 @@ xfs_dir2_isblock(
 	if ((rval = xfs_bmap_last_offset(args->dp, &last, XFS_DATA_FORK)))
 		return rval;
 	rval = XFS_FSB_TO_B(args->dp->i_mount, last) == args->geo->blksize;
-	ASSERT(rval == 0 || args->dp->i_d.di_size == args->geo->blksize);
+	if (rval != 0 && args->dp->i_d.di_size != args->geo->blksize)
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	*vp = rval;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
index dd483e2767f7..0091ac3f5241 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ xfs_dinode_verify(
 	xfs_ino_t		ino,
 	struct xfs_dinode	*dip)
 {
+	uint16_t		mode;
 	uint16_t		flags;
 	uint64_t		flags2;
 
@@ -396,8 +397,10 @@ xfs_dinode_verify(
 	if (be64_to_cpu(dip->di_size) & (1ULL << 63))
 		return false;
 
-	/* No zero-length symlinks. */
-	if (S_ISLNK(be16_to_cpu(dip->di_mode)) && dip->di_size == 0)
+	mode = be16_to_cpu(dip->di_mode);
+
+	/* No zero-length symlinks/dirs. */
+	if ((S_ISLNK(mode) || S_ISDIR(mode)) && dip->di_size == 0)
 		return false;
 
 	/* only version 3 or greater inodes are extensively verified here */