diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/dat.c b/fs/nilfs2/dat.c
index 1e7f653c1df7e0344a6d9ef3e9b446291fe7f13f..9cf6ba58f5859fe2a258c203e70921322fafab0a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/dat.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/dat.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ void nilfs_dat_commit_start(struct inode *dat, struct nilfs_palloc_req *req,
 int nilfs_dat_prepare_end(struct inode *dat, struct nilfs_palloc_req *req)
 {
 	struct nilfs_dat_entry *entry;
+	__u64 start;
 	sector_t blocknr;
 	void *kaddr;
 	int ret;
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ int nilfs_dat_prepare_end(struct inode *dat, struct nilfs_palloc_req *req)
 	kaddr = kmap_atomic(req->pr_entry_bh->b_page);
 	entry = nilfs_palloc_block_get_entry(dat, req->pr_entry_nr,
 					     req->pr_entry_bh, kaddr);
+	start = le64_to_cpu(entry->de_start);
 	blocknr = le64_to_cpu(entry->de_blocknr);
 	kunmap_atomic(kaddr);
 
@@ -179,6 +181,15 @@ int nilfs_dat_prepare_end(struct inode *dat, struct nilfs_palloc_req *req)
 			return ret;
 		}
 	}
+	if (unlikely(start > nilfs_mdt_cno(dat))) {
+		nilfs_err(dat->i_sb,
+			  "vblocknr = %llu has abnormal lifetime: start cno (= %llu) > current cno (= %llu)",
+			  (unsigned long long)req->pr_entry_nr,
+			  (unsigned long long)start,
+			  (unsigned long long)nilfs_mdt_cno(dat));
+		nilfs_dat_abort_entry(dat, req);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }