#define DX_HASH_HALF_MD4_UNSIGNED      4
 #define DX_HASH_TEA_UNSIGNED           5
 #define DX_HASH_SIPHASH                        6
+#define DX_HASH_LAST                   DX_HASH_SIPHASH
 
 static inline u32 ext4_chksum(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, u32 crc,
                              const void *address, unsigned int length)
 
                         "mounted without CONFIG_UNICODE");
                return 0;
        }
-       if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_def_hash_version == DX_HASH_SIPHASH &&
-           !ext4_has_feature_casefold(sb)) {
-               ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
-                        "Filesystem without casefold feature cannot be "
-                        "mounted with siphash");
-               return 0;
-       }
 
        if (readonly)
                return 1;
        return ret;
 }
 
-static void ext4_hash_info_init(struct super_block *sb)
+static int ext4_hash_info_init(struct super_block *sb)
 {
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
        struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
        unsigned int i;
 
+       sbi->s_def_hash_version = es->s_def_hash_version;
+
+       if (sbi->s_def_hash_version > DX_HASH_LAST) {
+               ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+                        "Invalid default hash set in the superblock");
+               return -EINVAL;
+       } else if (sbi->s_def_hash_version == DX_HASH_SIPHASH) {
+               ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+                        "SIPHASH is not a valid default hash value");
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
                sbi->s_hash_seed[i] = le32_to_cpu(es->s_hash_seed[i]);
 
-       sbi->s_def_hash_version = es->s_def_hash_version;
        if (ext4_has_feature_dir_index(sb)) {
                i = le32_to_cpu(es->s_flags);
                if (i & EXT2_FLAGS_UNSIGNED_HASH)
 #endif
                }
        }
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int ext4_block_group_meta_init(struct super_block *sb, int silent)
        if (err)
                goto failed_mount;
 
-       ext4_hash_info_init(sb);
+       err = ext4_hash_info_init(sb);
+       if (err)
+               goto failed_mount;
 
        err = ext4_handle_clustersize(sb);
        if (err)