diff --git a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
index 2f6f0b140c05..03b4f99614be 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
@@ -672,6 +672,22 @@ static inline int read_direntry(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_raw_node_r
 			jffs2_free_full_dirent(fd);
 			return -EIO;
 		}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_SUMMARY
+		/*
+		 * we use CONFIG_JFFS2_SUMMARY because without it, we
+		 * have checked it while mounting
+		 */
+		crc = crc32(0, fd->name, rd->nsize);
+		if (unlikely(crc != je32_to_cpu(rd->name_crc))) {
+			JFFS2_NOTICE("name CRC failed on dirent node at"
+			   "%#08x: read %#08x,calculated %#08x\n",
+			   ref_offset(ref), je32_to_cpu(rd->node_crc), crc);
+			jffs2_mark_node_obsolete(c, ref);
+			jffs2_free_full_dirent(fd);
+			return 0;
+		}
+#endif
 	}
 
 	fd->nhash = full_name_hash(NULL, fd->name, rd->nsize);