struct curseg_info *curseg;
        struct page *page = NULL;
        block_t blkaddr;
+       unsigned int loop_cnt = 0;
+       unsigned int free_blocks = sbi->user_block_count -
+                                       valid_user_blocks(sbi);
        int err = 0;
 
        /* get node pages in the current segment */
                if (IS_INODE(page) && is_dent_dnode(page))
                        entry->last_dentry = blkaddr;
 next:
+               /* sanity check in order to detect looped node chain */
+               if (++loop_cnt >= free_blocks ||
+                       blkaddr == next_blkaddr_of_node(page)) {
+                       f2fs_msg(sbi->sb, KERN_NOTICE,
+                               "%s: detect looped node chain, "
+                               "blkaddr:%u, next:%u",
+                               __func__, blkaddr, next_blkaddr_of_node(page));
+                       err = -EINVAL;
+                       break;
+               }
+
                /* check next segment */
                blkaddr = next_blkaddr_of_node(page);
                f2fs_put_page(page, 1);