diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 396dc3a5d16b..af6d1759c8de 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5401,18 +5401,36 @@ struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 			inode->i_op = &ext4_encrypted_symlink_inode_operations;
 		} else if (ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) {
 			inode->i_op = &ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
-			if (inode->i_size == 0 ||
-			    inode->i_size >= sizeof(ei->i_data) ||
-			    strnlen((char *)ei->i_data, inode->i_size + 1) !=
-								inode->i_size) {
-				ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
-					"invalid fast symlink length %llu",
-					 (unsigned long long)inode->i_size);
-				ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
-				goto bad_inode;
+
+			/*
+			 * Orphan cleanup can see inodes with i_size == 0
+			 * and i_data uninitialized. Skip size checks in
+			 * that case. This is safe because the first thing
+			 * ext4_evict_inode() does for fast symlinks is
+			 * clearing of i_data and i_size.
+			 */
+			if ((EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state & EXT4_ORPHAN_FS)) {
+				if (inode->i_nlink != 0) {
+					ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+						"invalid orphan symlink nlink %d",
+						inode->i_nlink);
+					ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+					goto bad_inode;
+				}
+			} else {
+				if (inode->i_size == 0 ||
+				    inode->i_size >= sizeof(ei->i_data) ||
+				    strnlen((char *)ei->i_data, inode->i_size + 1) !=
+						inode->i_size) {
+					ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+						"invalid fast symlink length %llu",
+						(unsigned long long)inode->i_size);
+					ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+					goto bad_inode;
+				}
+				inode_set_cached_link(inode, (char *)ei->i_data,
+						      inode->i_size);
 			}
-			inode_set_cached_link(inode, (char *)ei->i_data,
-					      inode->i_size);
 		} else {
 			inode->i_op = &ext4_symlink_inode_operations;
 		}