diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
index eef466260d43adb3cc9ef6ae3dcea36f82cd90a4..75dbdc14c45f08b733ab9d066dc86056ce8261f5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
@@ -223,12 +223,13 @@ xfs_alloc_get_rec(
 	error = xfs_btree_get_rec(cur, &rec, stat);
 	if (error || !(*stat))
 		return error;
-	if (rec->alloc.ar_blockcount == 0)
-		goto out_bad_rec;
 
 	*bno = be32_to_cpu(rec->alloc.ar_startblock);
 	*len = be32_to_cpu(rec->alloc.ar_blockcount);
 
+	if (*len == 0)
+		goto out_bad_rec;
+
 	/* check for valid extent range, including overflow */
 	if (!xfs_verify_agbno(mp, agno, *bno))
 		goto out_bad_rec;