diff --git a/fs/bfs/inode.c b/fs/bfs/inode.c
index 9a69392f1fb3..d81c148682e7 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/inode.c
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ static int bfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 
 	s->s_magic = BFS_MAGIC;
 
-	if (le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_start) > le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_end)) {
+	if (le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_start) > le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_end) ||
+	    le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_start) < BFS_BSIZE) {
 		printf("Superblock is corrupted\n");
 		goto out1;
 	}
@@ -359,9 +360,11 @@ static int bfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 					sizeof(struct bfs_inode)
 					+ BFS_ROOT_INO - 1;
 	imap_len = (info->si_lasti / 8) + 1;
-	info->si_imap = kzalloc(imap_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!info->si_imap)
+	info->si_imap = kzalloc(imap_len, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	if (!info->si_imap) {
+		printf("Cannot allocate %u bytes\n", imap_len);
 		goto out1;
+	}
 	for (i = 0; i < BFS_ROOT_INO; i++)
 		set_bit(i, info->si_imap);