XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_blk_mapr);
 
        ifp = XFS_IFORK_PTR(ip, whichfork);
+       if (!ifp) {
+               /* No CoW fork?  Return a hole. */
+               if (whichfork == XFS_COW_FORK) {
+                       mval->br_startoff = bno;
+                       mval->br_startblock = HOLESTARTBLOCK;
+                       mval->br_blockcount = len;
+                       mval->br_state = XFS_EXT_NORM;
+                       *nmap = 1;
+                       return 0;
+               }
 
-       /* No CoW fork?  Return a hole. */
-       if (whichfork == XFS_COW_FORK && !ifp) {
-               mval->br_startoff = bno;
-               mval->br_startblock = HOLESTARTBLOCK;
-               mval->br_blockcount = len;
-               mval->br_state = XFS_EXT_NORM;
-               *nmap = 1;
-               return 0;
+               /*
+                * A missing attr ifork implies that the inode says we're in
+                * extents or btree format but failed to pass the inode fork
+                * verifier while trying to load it.  Treat that as a file
+                * corruption too.
+                */
+#ifdef DEBUG
+               xfs_alert(mp, "%s: inode %llu missing fork %d",
+                               __func__, ip->i_ino, whichfork);
+#endif /* DEBUG */
+               return -EFSCORRUPTED;
        }
 
        if (!(ifp->if_flags & XFS_IFEXTENTS)) {