diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 70603851692d..1195dab3f3f4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -1583,18 +1583,6 @@ static inline bool __exist_node_summaries(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 			is_set_ckpt_flags(sbi, CP_FASTBOOT_FLAG));
 }
 
-/*
- * Check whether the given nid is within node id range.
- */
-static inline int check_nid_range(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid)
-{
-	if (unlikely(nid < F2FS_ROOT_INO(sbi)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (unlikely(nid >= NM_I(sbi)->max_nid))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Check whether the inode has blocks or not
  */
@@ -2798,6 +2786,7 @@ f2fs_hash_t f2fs_dentry_hash(const struct qstr *name_info,
 struct dnode_of_data;
 struct node_info;
 
+int check_nid_range(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid);
 bool available_free_memory(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type);
 int need_dentry_mark(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid);
 bool is_checkpointed_node(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 176f8e84bb6e..414b1ede642b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -194,12 +194,8 @@ static int do_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	projid_t i_projid;
 
 	/* Check if ino is within scope */
-	if (check_nid_range(sbi, inode->i_ino)) {
-		f2fs_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_ERR, "bad inode number: %lu",
-			 (unsigned long) inode->i_ino);
-		WARN_ON(1);
+	if (check_nid_range(sbi, inode->i_ino))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	node_page = get_node_page(sbi, inode->i_ino);
 	if (IS_ERR(node_page))
@@ -588,8 +584,11 @@ void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		alloc_nid_failed(sbi, inode->i_ino);
 		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_FREE_NID);
 	} else {
-		f2fs_bug_on(sbi, err &&
-			!exist_written_data(sbi, inode->i_ino, ORPHAN_INO));
+		/*
+		 * If xattr nid is corrupted, we can reach out error condition,
+		 * err & !exist_written_data(sbi, inode->i_ino, ORPHAN_INO)).
+		 * In that case, check_nid_range() is enough to give a clue.
+		 */
 	}
 out_clear:
 	fscrypt_put_encryption_info(inode);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 803a0102a47b..a367e8064060 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@ static struct kmem_cache *nat_entry_slab;
 static struct kmem_cache *free_nid_slab;
 static struct kmem_cache *nat_entry_set_slab;
 
+/*
+ * Check whether the given nid is within node id range.
+ */
+int check_nid_range(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid)
+{
+	if (unlikely(nid < F2FS_ROOT_INO(sbi) || nid >= NM_I(sbi)->max_nid)) {
+		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
+		f2fs_msg(sbi->sb, KERN_WARNING,
+				"%s: out-of-range nid=%x, run fsck to fix.",
+				__func__, nid);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 bool available_free_memory(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
 {
 	struct f2fs_nm_info *nm_i = NM_I(sbi);
@@ -1158,7 +1173,8 @@ void ra_node_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid)
 
 	if (!nid)
 		return;
-	f2fs_bug_on(sbi, check_nid_range(sbi, nid));
+	if (check_nid_range(sbi, nid))
+		return;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	apage = radix_tree_lookup(&NODE_MAPPING(sbi)->page_tree, nid);
@@ -1182,7 +1198,8 @@ static struct page *__get_node_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, pgoff_t nid,
 
 	if (!nid)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-	f2fs_bug_on(sbi, check_nid_range(sbi, nid));
+	if (check_nid_range(sbi, nid))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 repeat:
 	page = f2fs_grab_cache_page(NODE_MAPPING(sbi), nid, false);
 	if (!page)