diff --git a/fs/squashfs/inode.c b/fs/squashfs/inode.c
index aa3411354e66..16bd693d0b3a 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/inode.c
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ 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;
@@ -58,7 +62,6 @@ 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_set_mtime(inode, le32_to_cpu(sqsh_ino->mtime), 0);
 	inode_set_atime(inode, inode_get_mtime_sec(inode), 0);
 	inode_set_ctime(inode, inode_get_mtime_sec(inode), 0);