diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
index abf80ae1e95b..5371d2dc360e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,6 @@ xfs_imap_lookup(
 	struct xfs_inobt_rec_incore rec;
 	struct xfs_btree_cur	*cur;
 	struct xfs_buf		*agbp;
-	xfs_agino_t		startino;
 	int			error;
 	int			i;
 
@@ -1227,13 +1226,13 @@ xfs_imap_lookup(
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * derive and lookup the exact inode record for the given agino. If the
-	 * record cannot be found, then it's an invalid inode number and we
-	 * should abort.
+	 * Lookup the inode record for the given agino. If the record cannot be
+	 * found, then it's an invalid inode number and we should abort. Once
+	 * we have a record, we need to ensure it contains the inode number
+	 * we are looking up.
 	 */
 	cur = xfs_inobt_init_cursor(mp, tp, agbp, agno);
-	startino = agino & ~(XFS_IALLOC_INODES(mp) - 1);
-	error = xfs_inobt_lookup(cur, startino, XFS_LOOKUP_EQ, &i);
+	error = xfs_inobt_lookup(cur, agino, XFS_LOOKUP_LE, &i);
 	if (!error) {
 		if (i)
 			error = xfs_inobt_get_rec(cur, &rec, &i);
@@ -1246,6 +1245,11 @@ xfs_imap_lookup(
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
+	/* check that the returned record contains the required inode */
+	if (rec.ir_startino > agino ||
+	    rec.ir_startino + XFS_IALLOC_INODES(mp) <= agino)
+		return EINVAL;
+
 	/* for untrusted inodes check it is allocated first */
 	if ((flags & XFS_IGET_UNTRUSTED) &&
 	    (rec.ir_free & XFS_INOBT_MASK(agino - rec.ir_startino)))