diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/bmap.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/bmap.c
index 24a15bf784f1..5ab2ac53c920 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/bmap.c
@@ -938,7 +938,13 @@ xchk_bmap(
 		}
 		break;
 	case XFS_ATTR_FORK:
-		if (!xfs_has_attr(mp) && !xfs_has_attr2(mp))
+		/*
+		 * "attr" means that an attr fork was created at some point in
+		 * the life of this filesystem.  "attr2" means that inodes have
+		 * variable-sized data/attr fork areas.  Hence we only check
+		 * attr here.
+		 */
+		if (!xfs_has_attr(mp))
 			xchk_ino_set_corrupt(sc, sc->ip->i_ino);
 		break;
 	default: