/* Check all the bestfree entries. */
        for (i = 0; i < bestcount; i++, bestp++) {
                best = be16_to_cpu(*bestp);
-               if (best == NULLDATAOFF)
-                       continue;
                error = xfs_dir3_data_read(sc->tp, sc->ip,
-                               i * args->geo->fsbcount, 0, &dbp);
+                               xfs_dir2_db_to_da(args->geo, i),
+                               XFS_DABUF_MAP_HOLE_OK,
+                               &dbp);
                if (!xchk_fblock_process_error(sc, XFS_DATA_FORK, lblk,
                                &error))
                        break;
-               xchk_directory_check_freesp(sc, lblk, dbp, best);
+
+               if (!dbp) {
+                       if (best != NULLDATAOFF) {
+                               xchk_fblock_set_corrupt(sc, XFS_DATA_FORK,
+                                               lblk);
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               if (best == NULLDATAOFF)
+                       xchk_fblock_set_corrupt(sc, XFS_DATA_FORK, lblk);
+               else
+                       xchk_directory_check_freesp(sc, lblk, dbp, best);
                xfs_trans_brelse(sc->tp, dbp);
                if (sc->sm->sm_flags & XFS_SCRUB_OFLAG_CORRUPT)
                        break;