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);