diff --git a/fs/squashfs/inode.c b/fs/squashfs/inode.c
index e9793b1e49a56040453bb0fd92e35b070867ae72..98825d8a03ebfc5f62a2d40fae0ea2c045845881 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/inode.c
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ static int squashfs_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 	gid_t i_gid;
 	int err;
 
+	inode->i_ino = le32_to_cpu(sqsh_ino->inode_number);
+	if (inode->i_ino == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	err = squashfs_get_id(sb, le16_to_cpu(sqsh_ino->uid), &i_uid);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -71,7 +75,6 @@ static int squashfs_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 
 	i_uid_write(inode, i_uid);
 	i_gid_write(inode, i_gid);
-	inode->i_ino = le32_to_cpu(sqsh_ino->inode_number);
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(sqsh_ino->mtime);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = inode->i_mtime.tv_sec;
 	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = inode->i_mtime.tv_sec;