xfs_mount_validate_sb(
        xfs_mount_t     *mp,
        xfs_sb_t        *sbp,
-       bool            check_inprogress)
+       bool            check_inprogress,
+       bool            check_version)
 {
 
        /*
 
        /*
         * Version 5 superblock feature mask validation. Reject combinations the
-        * kernel cannot support up front before checking anything else.
+        * kernel cannot support up front before checking anything else. For
+        * write validation, we don't need to check feature masks.
         */
-       if (XFS_SB_VERSION_NUM(sbp) == XFS_SB_VERSION_5) {
+       if (check_version && XFS_SB_VERSION_NUM(sbp) == XFS_SB_VERSION_5) {
                xfs_alert(mp,
 "Version 5 superblock detected. This kernel has EXPERIMENTAL support enabled!\n"
 "Use of these features in this kernel is at your own risk!");
 
 static int
 xfs_sb_verify(
-       struct xfs_buf  *bp)
+       struct xfs_buf  *bp,
+       bool            check_version)
 {
        struct xfs_mount *mp = bp->b_target->bt_mount;
        struct xfs_sb   sb;
         * Only check the in progress field for the primary superblock as
         * mkfs.xfs doesn't clear it from secondary superblocks.
         */
-       return xfs_mount_validate_sb(mp, &sb, bp->b_bn == XFS_SB_DADDR);
+       return xfs_mount_validate_sb(mp, &sb, bp->b_bn == XFS_SB_DADDR,
+                                    check_version);
 }
 
 /*
                        goto out_error;
                }
        }
-       error = xfs_sb_verify(bp);
+       error = xfs_sb_verify(bp, true);
 
 out_error:
        if (error) {
        struct xfs_buf_log_item *bip = bp->b_fspriv;
        int                     error;
 
-       error = xfs_sb_verify(bp);
+       error = xfs_sb_verify(bp, false);
        if (error) {
                XFS_CORRUPTION_ERROR(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, mp, bp->b_addr);
                xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, error);