diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index 56d1614760cf..689d72655ea6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ _xfs_buf_find(
 	struct rb_node		*parent;
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp;
 	xfs_daddr_t		blkno = map[0].bm_bn;
+	xfs_daddr_t		eofs;
 	int			numblks = 0;
 	int			i;
 
@@ -498,6 +499,23 @@ _xfs_buf_find(
 	ASSERT(!(numbytes < (1 << btp->bt_sshift)));
 	ASSERT(!(BBTOB(blkno) & (xfs_off_t)btp->bt_smask));
 
+	/*
+	 * Corrupted block numbers can get through to here, unfortunately, so we
+	 * have to check that the buffer falls within the filesystem bounds.
+	 */
+	eofs = XFS_FSB_TO_BB(btp->bt_mount, btp->bt_mount->m_sb.sb_dblocks);
+	if (blkno >= eofs) {
+		/*
+		 * XXX (dgc): we should really be returning EFSCORRUPTED here,
+		 * but none of the higher level infrastructure supports
+		 * returning a specific error on buffer lookup failures.
+		 */
+		xfs_alert(btp->bt_mount,
+			  "%s: Block out of range: block 0x%llx, EOFS 0x%llx ",
+			  __func__, blkno, eofs);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	/* get tree root */
 	pag = xfs_perag_get(btp->bt_mount,
 				xfs_daddr_to_agno(btp->bt_mount, blkno));