diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
index 106be2d0bb88..7712f282d172 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ xfs_rtbuf_get(
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
+	if (nmap == 0 || !xfs_bmap_is_real_extent(&map))
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+
 	ASSERT(map.br_startblock != NULLFSBLOCK);
 	error = xfs_trans_read_buf(mp, tp, mp->m_ddev_targp,
 				   XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(mp, map.br_startblock),