diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 9bb046df827a7a7a4d694dad36d727a71237a652..1586807b81779ef9c02008e6828c9df50d4f000c 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,11 @@ static struct dentry *ext3_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
 
 		if (!inode)
 			return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+
+		if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
+			iput(inode);
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		}
 	}
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
@@ -1054,6 +1059,11 @@ struct dentry *ext3_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
 
+	if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
+		iput(inode);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	}
+
 	parent = d_alloc_anon(inode);
 	if (!parent) {
 		iput(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 2811e5720ad019d18e9976ac8afc21e3c885768b..2de339dd755431fdde691de2f299d5fe62a4d28a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1017,6 +1017,11 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
 
 		if (!inode)
 			return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+
+		if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
+			iput(inode);
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		}
 	}
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
@@ -1052,6 +1057,11 @@ struct dentry *ext4_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
 
+	if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
+		iput(inode);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	}
+
 	parent = d_alloc_anon(inode);
 	if (!parent) {
 		iput(inode);