diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 76be1a18e2442f02199e93258b8afa23f52d0a9d..34518a6dc7376b3d268466764edf12a76d71fcee 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -3891,7 +3891,8 @@ xfs_bmapi_read(
 	int			flags)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
-	struct xfs_ifork	*ifp;
+	int			whichfork = xfs_bmapi_whichfork(flags);
+	struct xfs_ifork	*ifp = XFS_IFORK_PTR(ip, whichfork);
 	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	got;
 	xfs_fileoff_t		obno;
 	xfs_fileoff_t		end;
@@ -3899,12 +3900,14 @@ xfs_bmapi_read(
 	int			error;
 	bool			eof = false;
 	int			n = 0;
-	int			whichfork = xfs_bmapi_whichfork(flags);
 
 	ASSERT(*nmap >= 1);
 	ASSERT(!(flags & ~(XFS_BMAPI_ATTRFORK | XFS_BMAPI_ENTIRE)));
 	ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED|XFS_ILOCK_EXCL));
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ifp))
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+
 	if (XFS_IS_CORRUPT(mp, !xfs_ifork_has_extents(ip, whichfork)) ||
 	    XFS_TEST_ERROR(false, mp, XFS_ERRTAG_BMAPIFORMAT)) {
 		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
@@ -3915,21 +3918,6 @@ xfs_bmapi_read(
 
 	XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_blk_mapr);
 
-	ifp = XFS_IFORK_PTR(ip, whichfork);
-	if (!ifp) {
-		/*
-		 * A missing attr ifork implies that the inode says we're in
-		 * extents or btree format but failed to pass the inode fork
-		 * verifier while trying to load it.  Treat that as a file
-		 * corruption too.
-		 */
-#ifdef DEBUG
-		xfs_alert(mp, "%s: inode %llu missing fork %d",
-				__func__, ip->i_ino, whichfork);
-#endif /* DEBUG */
-		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
-	}
-
 	if (!(ifp->if_flags & XFS_IFEXTENTS)) {
 		error = xfs_iread_extents(NULL, ip, whichfork);
 		if (error)