diff --git a/fs/exfat/balloc.c b/fs/exfat/balloc.c
index 2d2d510f2372..b387bf7df65e 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/balloc.c
@@ -183,11 +183,10 @@ void exfat_free_bitmap(struct exfat_sb_info *sbi)
 	kvfree(sbi->vol_amap);
 }
 
-int exfat_set_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu, bool sync)
+int exfat_set_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int clu, bool sync)
 {
 	int i, b;
 	unsigned int ent_idx;
-	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = EXFAT_SB(sb);
 
 	if (!is_valid_cluster(sbi, clu))
@@ -202,11 +201,10 @@ int exfat_set_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu, bool sync)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int exfat_clear_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu, bool sync)
+int exfat_clear_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int clu, bool sync)
 {
 	int i, b;
 	unsigned int ent_idx;
-	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = EXFAT_SB(sb);
 
 	if (!is_valid_cluster(sbi, clu))
@@ -226,6 +224,28 @@ int exfat_clear_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu, bool sync)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+bool exfat_test_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int clu)
+{
+	int i, b;
+	unsigned int ent_idx;
+	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = EXFAT_SB(sb);
+
+	if (!sbi->vol_amap)
+		return true;
+
+	if (!is_valid_cluster(sbi, clu))
+		return false;
+
+	ent_idx = CLUSTER_TO_BITMAP_ENT(clu);
+	i = BITMAP_OFFSET_SECTOR_INDEX(sb, ent_idx);
+	b = BITMAP_OFFSET_BIT_IN_SECTOR(sb, ent_idx);
+
+	if (!test_bit_le(b, sbi->vol_amap[i]->b_data))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * If the value of "clu" is 0, it means cluster 2 which is the first cluster of
  * the cluster heap.
diff --git a/fs/exfat/dir.c b/fs/exfat/dir.c
index 7229146fe2bf..3045a58e124a 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/dir.c
@@ -604,6 +604,11 @@ static int exfat_find_location(struct super_block *sb, struct exfat_chain *p_dir
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (!exfat_test_bitmap(sb, clu)) {
+		exfat_err(sb, "failed to test cluster bit(%u)", clu);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	/* byte offset in cluster */
 	off = EXFAT_CLU_OFFSET(off, sbi);
 
diff --git a/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h b/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
index 38210fb6901c..176fef62574c 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
@@ -452,8 +452,9 @@ int exfat_count_num_clusters(struct super_block *sb,
 /* balloc.c */
 int exfat_load_bitmap(struct super_block *sb);
 void exfat_free_bitmap(struct exfat_sb_info *sbi);
-int exfat_set_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu, bool sync);
-int exfat_clear_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu, bool sync);
+int exfat_set_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int clu, bool sync);
+int exfat_clear_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int clu, bool sync);
+bool exfat_test_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int clu);
 unsigned int exfat_find_free_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int clu);
 int exfat_count_used_clusters(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int *ret_count);
 int exfat_trim_fs(struct inode *inode, struct fstrim_range *range);
diff --git a/fs/exfat/fatent.c b/fs/exfat/fatent.c
index 825083634ba2..c9c5f2e3a05e 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/fatent.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/fatent.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int __exfat_free_cluster(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_chain
 				cur_cmap_i = next_cmap_i;
 			}
 
-			err = exfat_clear_bitmap(inode, clu, (sync && IS_DIRSYNC(inode)));
+			err = exfat_clear_bitmap(sb, clu, (sync && IS_DIRSYNC(inode)));
 			if (err)
 				break;
 			clu++;
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static int __exfat_free_cluster(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_chain
 				cur_cmap_i = next_cmap_i;
 			}
 
-			if (exfat_clear_bitmap(inode, clu, (sync && IS_DIRSYNC(inode))))
+			if (exfat_clear_bitmap(sb, clu, (sync && IS_DIRSYNC(inode))))
 				break;
 
 			if (sbi->options.discard) {
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ int exfat_alloc_cluster(struct inode *inode, unsigned int num_alloc,
 		}
 
 		/* update allocation bitmap */
-		if (exfat_set_bitmap(inode, new_clu, sync_bmap)) {
+		if (exfat_set_bitmap(sb, new_clu, sync_bmap)) {
 			ret = -EIO;
 			goto free_cluster;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/exfat/super.c b/fs/exfat/super.c
index 74d451f732c7..bc03f47374d4 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/super.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/super.c
@@ -629,6 +629,17 @@ static int __exfat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto free_bh;
 	}
 
+	if (!exfat_test_bitmap(sb, sbi->root_dir)) {
+		exfat_warn(sb, "failed to test first cluster bit of root dir(%u)",
+			   sbi->root_dir);
+		/*
+		 * The first cluster bit of the root directory should never
+		 * be unset except when storage is corrupted. This bit is
+		 * set to allow operations after mount.
+		 */
+		exfat_set_bitmap(sb, sbi->root_dir, false);
+	}
+
 	ret = exfat_count_used_clusters(sb, &sbi->used_clusters);
 	if (ret) {
 		exfat_err(sb, "failed to scan clusters");