diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
index 1bf2a6593dec..6d1bf890929d 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
@@ -1508,6 +1508,16 @@ static int indx_add_allocate(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni,
 			bmp_size = bmp_size_v = le32_to_cpu(bmp->res.data_size);
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Index blocks exist, but $BITMAP has zero valid bits.
+		 * This implies an on-disk corruption and must be rejected.
+		 */
+		if (in->name == I30_NAME &&
+		    unlikely(bmp_size_v == 0 && indx->alloc_run.count)) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out1;
+		}
+
 		bit = bmp_size << 3;
 	}