diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c b/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c
index e6d554476db4..eeebe80c6be4 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c
@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ static int __hfsplus_delete_attr(struct inode *inode, u32 cnid,
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
+	/* Avoid btree corruption */
+	hfs_bnode_read(fd->bnode, fd->search_key,
+			fd->keyoffset, fd->keylength);
+
 	err = hfs_brec_remove(fd);
 	if (err)
 		return err;