diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index 57a9f2317525..86ce5709b8e3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ xfs_iget(
 	ASSERT((lock_flags & (XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL | XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED)) == 0);
 
 	/* reject inode numbers outside existing AGs */
-	if (!ino || XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ino) >= mp->m_sb.sb_agcount)
+	if (!xfs_verify_ino(mp, ino))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_ig_attempts);