1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 82d46ce69d5f..70e3ba32e6be 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -1419,7 +1419,13 @@ xlog_recover_add_to_trans(
                 return 0;
         item = trans->r_itemq;
         if (item == NULL) {
-                ASSERT(*(uint *)dp == XFS_TRANS_HEADER_MAGIC);
+                /* we need to catch log corruptions here */
+                if (*(uint *)dp != XFS_TRANS_HEADER_MAGIC) {
+                        xlog_warn("XFS: xlog_recover_add_to_trans: "
+                                  "bad header magic number");
+                        ASSERT(0);
+                        return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+                }
                 if (len == sizeof(xfs_trans_header_t))
                         xlog_recover_add_item(&trans->r_itemq);
                 memcpy(&trans->r_theader, dp, len); /* d, s, l */