diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 3f76da11197c..19a600443b9e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -6179,7 +6179,7 @@ xfs_bmap_validate_extent(
 
 	isrt = XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip);
 	endfsb = irec->br_startblock + irec->br_blockcount - 1;
-	if (isrt) {
+	if (isrt && whichfork == XFS_DATA_FORK) {
 		if (!xfs_verify_rtbno(mp, irec->br_startblock))
 			return __this_address;
 		if (!xfs_verify_rtbno(mp, endfsb))