diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index a5ca5ff6b83d..80f56cc2618a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -218,12 +218,12 @@ ext4_xattr_check_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	if (buffer_verified(bh))
-		return 0;
-
 	if (BHDR(bh)->h_magic != cpu_to_le32(EXT4_XATTR_MAGIC) ||
 	    BHDR(bh)->h_blocks != cpu_to_le32(1))
 		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+	if (buffer_verified(bh))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!ext4_xattr_block_csum_verify(inode, bh->b_blocknr, BHDR(bh)))
 		return -EFSBADCRC;
 	error = ext4_xattr_check_names(BFIRST(bh), bh->b_data + bh->b_size,