diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
index 1fe18555b451..eecf654b4188 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
@@ -543,6 +543,12 @@ xfs_dinode_verify(
 	if ((flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_REFLINK) && (flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX))
 		return __this_address;
 
+	/* COW extent size hint validation */
+	fa = xfs_inode_validate_cowextsize(mp, be32_to_cpu(dip->di_cowextsize),
+			mode, flags, flags2);
+	if (fa)
+		return fa;
+
 	return NULL;
 }