diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 1f22d65fed0a..da428b3fe0f5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -343,6 +343,16 @@ xfs_iformat(
 		return XFS_ERROR(EFSCORRUPTED);
 	}
 
+	if (unlikely((ip->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_REALTIME) &&
+		     !ip->i_mount->m_rtdev_targp)) {
+		xfs_fs_repair_cmn_err(CE_WARN, ip->i_mount,
+			"corrupt dinode %Lu, has realtime flag set.",
+			ip->i_ino);
+		XFS_CORRUPTION_ERROR("xfs_iformat(realtime)",
+				     XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, ip->i_mount, dip);
+		return XFS_ERROR(EFSCORRUPTED);
+	}
+
 	switch (ip->i_d.di_mode & S_IFMT) {
 	case S_IFIFO:
 	case S_IFCHR: