EXT4_IGET_NORMAL =      0,
        EXT4_IGET_SPECIAL =     0x0001, /* OK to iget a system inode */
        EXT4_IGET_HANDLE =      0x0002, /* Inode # is from a handle */
-       EXT4_IGET_BAD =         0x0004  /* Allow to iget a bad inode */
+       EXT4_IGET_BAD =         0x0004, /* Allow to iget a bad inode */
+       EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE =    0x0008  /* Inode should contain an EA value */
 } ext4_iget_flags;
 
 extern struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 
                inode_set_iversion_queried(inode, val);
 }
 
+static const char *check_igot_inode(struct inode *inode, ext4_iget_flags flags)
+
+{
+       if (flags & EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE) {
+               if (!(EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL))
+                       return "missing EA_INODE flag";
+       } else {
+               if ((EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL))
+                       return "unexpected EA_INODE flag";
+       }
+       if (is_bad_inode(inode) && !(flags & EXT4_IGET_BAD))
+               return "unexpected bad inode w/o EXT4_IGET_BAD";
+       return NULL;
+}
+
 struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
                          ext4_iget_flags flags, const char *function,
                          unsigned int line)
        struct ext4_inode_info *ei;
        struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
        struct inode *inode;
+       const char *err_str;
        journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
        long ret;
        loff_t size;
        inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
        if (!inode)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-       if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
+       if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW)) {
+               if ((err_str = check_igot_inode(inode, flags)) != NULL) {
+                       ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0, err_str);
+                       iput(inode);
+                       return ERR_PTR(-EFSCORRUPTED);
+               }
                return inode;
+       }
 
        ei = EXT4_I(inode);
        iloc.bh = NULL;
        if (IS_CASEFOLDED(inode) && !ext4_has_feature_casefold(inode->i_sb))
                ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
                                 "casefold flag without casefold feature");
-       if (is_bad_inode(inode) && !(flags & EXT4_IGET_BAD)) {
-               ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
-                                "bad inode without EXT4_IGET_BAD flag");
-               ret = -EUCLEAN;
+       if ((err_str = check_igot_inode(inode, flags)) != NULL) {
+               ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0, err_str);
+               ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
                goto bad_inode;
        }
 
 
                return -EFSCORRUPTED;
        }
 
-       inode = ext4_iget(parent->i_sb, ea_ino, EXT4_IGET_NORMAL);
+       inode = ext4_iget(parent->i_sb, ea_ino, EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE);
        if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
                err = PTR_ERR(inode);
                ext4_error(parent->i_sb,
                           err);
                return err;
        }
-
-       if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
-               ext4_error(parent->i_sb,
-                          "error while reading EA inode %lu is_bad_inode",
-                          ea_ino);
-               err = -EIO;
-               goto error;
-       }
-
-       if (!(EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL)) {
-               ext4_error(parent->i_sb,
-                          "EA inode %lu does not have EXT4_EA_INODE_FL flag",
-                           ea_ino);
-               err = -EINVAL;
-               goto error;
-       }
-
        ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(inode);
 
        /*
 
        *ea_inode = inode;
        return 0;
-error:
-       iput(inode);
-       return err;
 }
 
 /* Remove entry from mbcache when EA inode is getting evicted */
 
        while (ce) {
                ea_inode = ext4_iget(inode->i_sb, ce->e_value,
-                                    EXT4_IGET_NORMAL);
-               if (!IS_ERR(ea_inode) &&
-                   !is_bad_inode(ea_inode) &&
-                   (EXT4_I(ea_inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL) &&
-                   i_size_read(ea_inode) == value_len &&
+                                    EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE);
+               if (IS_ERR(ea_inode))
+                       goto next_entry;
+               if (i_size_read(ea_inode) == value_len &&
                    !ext4_xattr_inode_read(ea_inode, ea_data, value_len) &&
                    !ext4_xattr_inode_verify_hashes(ea_inode, NULL, ea_data,
                                                    value_len) &&
                        kvfree(ea_data);
                        return ea_inode;
                }
-
-               if (!IS_ERR(ea_inode))
-                       iput(ea_inode);
+               iput(ea_inode);
+       next_entry:
                ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ea_inode_cache, ce);
        }
        kvfree(ea_data);