diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index 75bf2e5fcb6e..6409c2cc1926 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -890,6 +890,13 @@ static int get_new_location(struct inode *reloc_inode, u64 *new_bytenr,
 	leaf = path->nodes[0];
 	fi = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, path->slots[0],
 			    struct btrfs_file_extent_item);
+	if (unlikely(btrfs_file_extent_type(leaf, fi) == BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_INLINE)) {
+		btrfs_print_leaf(leaf);
+		btrfs_err(fs_info,
+	"unexpected inline file extent item for data reloc inode %llu key offset %llu",
+			  btrfs_ino(BTRFS_I(reloc_inode)), bytenr);
+		return -EUCLEAN;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * The cluster-boundary key searched above is always written by