diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 7323bde70caa..63d6cb326e30 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -116,6 +116,33 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_refcount_block(struct super_block *sb,
 				 le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_fs_generation));
 		goto out;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * rf_records (rl_count/rl_used/rl_recs[]) is only meaningful when
+	 * this block is not an interior tree block (OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL);
+	 * in that case the same union bytes hold an extent list (rf_list)
+	 * instead, which is validated by ocfs2_validate_extent_block().
+	 */
+	if (!(le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_flags) & OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL)) {
+		if (le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_count) !=
+		    ocfs2_refcount_recs_per_rb(sb)) {
+			rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
+					 "Refcount block #%llu has an invalid rl_count of %u\n",
+					 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+					 le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_count));
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_used) >
+		    le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_count)) {
+			rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
+					 "Refcount block #%llu has an invalid rl_used of %u (rl_count %u)\n",
+					 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+					 le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_used),
+					 le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_count));
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 out:
 	return rc;
 }