diff --git a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/patches/ext3-check-bad-inode.patch b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/patches/ext3-check-bad-inode.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7b0b046885fb48157c3a35956f799e0fddfda73d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/patches/ext3-check-bad-inode.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Index: linux-2.6.22/fs/ext3/namei.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.22.orig/fs/ext3/namei.c	2007-11-15 13:41:18.000000000 +0100
++++ linux-2.6.22/fs/ext3/namei.c	2007-11-15 13:44:28.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1019,6 +1019,11 @@ static struct dentry *ext3_lookup(struct
+ 
+ 		if (!inode)
+ 			return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
++
++		if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
++			iput(inode);
++			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
++		}
+ 	}
+ 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
+ }
+@@ -1054,6 +1059,11 @@ struct dentry *ext3_get_parent(struct de
+ 	if (!inode)
+ 		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+ 
++	if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
++		iput(inode);
++		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
++	}
++
+ 	parent = d_alloc_anon(inode);
+ 	if (!parent) {
+ 		iput(inode);
diff --git a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-rhel4.series b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-rhel4.series
index 4d64d37f953a757c907246e2e4c2131e2ed18ea8..c3152eada92a0bf9e914369e32ed2cf112665459 100644
--- a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-rhel4.series
+++ b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-rhel4.series
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ ext3-external-journal-2.6.9.patch
 ext3-max-dir-size.patch
 ext3-print-inum-in-htree-warning.patch
 ext3-xattr-no-update-ctime-rhel4.patch
+ext3-check-bad-inode.patch
diff --git a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-rhel5.series b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-rhel5.series
index f0eb3a97fc203b62bd7a9bfd79c0d0004895c3f8..524491e4b2447201e356c901c1108dbae65f6219 100644
--- a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-rhel5.series
+++ b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-rhel5.series
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ ext3-max-dir-size.patch
 ext3-print-inum-in-htree-warning.patch
 ext3-block-bitmap-validation-2.6-rhel5.patch
 ext3-xattr-no-update-ctime-2.6.22-vanilla.patch
+ext3-check-bad-inode.patch
diff --git a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-sles10.series b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-sles10.series
index 779e1346940bf495f19b8c8aa3f99800c264ac8e..c8d9b53f3612903e61b0ba40d1a5774d8500994c 100644
--- a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-sles10.series
+++ b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-sles10.series
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ ext3-max-dir-size.patch
 ext3-print-inum-in-htree-warning.patch
 ext3-block-bitmap-validation-2.6-sles10.patch
 ext3-xattr-no-update-ctime-2.6-sles10.patch
+ext3-check-bad-inode.patch
diff --git a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-suse.series b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-suse.series
index 1f728c01b646ec3003321409baae410618c97416..b6d7bb03be28fa49ca09dec3866f2e81f6d95188 100644
--- a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-suse.series
+++ b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6-suse.series
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ ext3-external-journal-2.6.5.patch
 ext3-max-dir-size-2.6.5-suse.patch
 ext3-print-inum-in-htree-warning.patch
 ext3-xattr-no-update-ctime-suse.patch
+ext3-check-bad-inode.patch
diff --git a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6.18-vanilla.series b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6.18-vanilla.series
index a74d105ec1b35cd30ba143d487525c8f24856f73..cc890912ef82dc6a142f11e00ee2510133464f6a 100644
--- a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6.18-vanilla.series
+++ b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6.18-vanilla.series
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ ext3-lookup-dotdot-2.6.9.patch
 ext3-max-dir-size.patch
 ext3-print-inum-in-htree-warning.patch
 ext3-xattr-no-update-ctime-2.6.22-vanilla.patch
+ext3-check-bad-inode.patch
diff --git a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6.22-vanilla.series b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6.22-vanilla.series
index 46226a5129bd65cd0a5897491d46cf909decb919..65a6d4f0b1486a587f5a3a70ccdaf99c06942346 100644
--- a/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6.22-vanilla.series
+++ b/ldiskfs/kernel_patches/series/ldiskfs-2.6.22-vanilla.series
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ ext3-export-journal-api.patch
 ext3-max-dir-size.patch
 ext3-print-inum-in-htree-warning.patch
 ext3-xattr-no-update-ctime-2.6.22-vanilla.patch
+ext3-check-bad-inode.patch