diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/attr.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/attr.c
index 708334f9b2bd1..b1448832ae6ba 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/attr.c
@@ -646,6 +646,13 @@ xchk_xattr(
 	if (!xfs_inode_hasattr(sc->ip))
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	/*
+	 * If this is a verity file that won't activate, we cannot check the
+	 * merkle tree geometry.
+	 */
+	if (xchk_inode_verity_broken(sc->ip))
+		xchk_set_incomplete(sc);
+
 	/* Allocate memory for xattr checking. */
 	error = xchk_setup_xattr_buf(sc, 0);
 	if (error == -ENOMEM)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
index ee7355f4450a6..106e079aac71d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 #include "scrub/health.h"
 #include "scrub/tempfile.h"
 
+#include <linux/fsverity.h>
+
 /* Common code for the metadata scrubbers. */
 
 /*
@@ -1871,6 +1873,72 @@ xchk_inode_count_blocks(
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If this inode has S_VERITY set on it, read the merkle tree geometry, which
+ * will activate the incore fsverity context for this file.  If the activation
+ * fails with anything other than ENOMEM, the file is corrupt, which we can
+ * detect later with fsverity_active.
+ *
+ * Callers must hold the IOLOCK and must not hold the ILOCK of sc->ip because
+ * activation reads xattrs.  @blocksize and @treesize will be filled out with
+ * merkle tree geometry if they are not NULL pointers.
+ */
+int
+xchk_inode_setup_verity(
+	struct xfs_scrub	*sc,
+	unsigned int		*blocksize,
+	u64			*treesize)
+{
+	unsigned int		bs;
+	u64			ts;
+	int			error;
+
+	if (!IS_VERITY(VFS_I(sc->ip)))
+		return 0;
+
+	error = fsverity_merkle_tree_geometry(VFS_I(sc->ip), &bs, &ts);
+	switch (error) {
+	case 0:
+		/* fsverity is active; return tree geometry. */
+		if (blocksize)
+			*blocksize = bs;
+		if (treesize)
+			*treesize = ts;
+		break;
+	case -ENODATA:
+	case -EMSGSIZE:
+	case -EINVAL:
+	case -EFSCORRUPTED:
+	case -EFBIG:
+		/*
+		 * The nonzero errno codes above are the error codes that can
+		 * be returned from fsverity on metadata validation errors.
+		 * Set the geometry to zero.
+		 */
+		if (blocksize)
+			*blocksize = 0;
+		if (treesize)
+			*treesize = 0;
+		return 0;
+	default:
+		/* runtime errors */
+		return error;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Is this a verity file that failed to activate?  Callers must have tried to
+ * activate fsverity via xchk_inode_setup_verity.
+ */
+bool
+xchk_inode_verity_broken(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
+{
+	return IS_VERITY(VFS_I(ip)) && !fsverity_active(VFS_I(ip));
+}
+
 /* Complain about failures... */
 void
 xchk_whine(
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
index f15038dd6dedc..673347d51f29f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
@@ -302,5 +302,8 @@ int xchk_inode_is_allocated(struct xfs_scrub *sc, xfs_agino_t agino,
 		bool *inuse);
 int xchk_inode_count_blocks(struct xfs_scrub *sc, int whichfork,
 		xfs_extnum_t *nextents, xfs_filblks_t *count);
+int xchk_inode_setup_verity(struct xfs_scrub *sc, unsigned int *blocksize,
+		u64 *treesize);
+bool xchk_inode_verity_broken(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 
 #endif	/* __XFS_SCRUB_COMMON_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c
index cb2530a93a001..91eab60947b12 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/inode.c
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ xchk_prepare_iscrub(
 
 	xchk_ilock(sc, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
 
+	error = xchk_inode_setup_verity(sc, NULL, NULL);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	error = xchk_trans_alloc(sc, 0);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
@@ -825,6 +829,9 @@ xchk_inode(
 	if (S_ISREG(VFS_I(sc->ip)->i_mode))
 		xchk_inode_check_reflink_iflag(sc, sc->ip->i_ino);
 
+	if (xchk_inode_verity_broken(sc->ip))
+		xchk_ino_set_corrupt(sc, sc->sm->sm_ino);
+
 	xchk_inode_check_unlinked(sc);
 
 	xchk_inode_xref(sc, sc->ip->i_ino, &di);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/inode_repair.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/inode_repair.c
index fb8d1ba1f35c0..c990fd7483529 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/inode_repair.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/inode_repair.c
@@ -566,6 +566,8 @@ xrep_dinode_flags(
 		dip->di_nrext64_pad = 0;
 	else if (dip->di_version >= 3)
 		dip->di_v3_pad = 0;
+	if (!xfs_has_verity(mp) || !S_ISREG(mode))
+		flags2 &= ~XFS_DIFLAG2_VERITY;
 
 	if (flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_METADIR) {
 		xfs_failaddr_t	fa;
@@ -1589,6 +1591,10 @@ xrep_dinode_core(
 	if (iget_error)
 		return iget_error;
 
+	error = xchk_inode_setup_verity(sc, NULL, NULL);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	error = xchk_trans_alloc(sc, 0);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
@@ -2015,6 +2021,27 @@ xrep_inode_unlinked(
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If this file is a fsverity file, xchk_prepare_iscrub or xrep_dinode_core
+ * should have activated it.  If it's still not active, then there's something
+ * wrong with the verity descriptor and we should turn it off.
+ */
+STATIC int
+xrep_inode_verity(
+	struct xfs_scrub	*sc)
+{
+	struct inode		*inode = VFS_I(sc->ip);
+
+	if (xchk_inode_verity_broken(sc->ip)) {
+		sc->ip->i_diflags2 &= ~XFS_DIFLAG2_VERITY;
+		inode->i_flags &= ~S_VERITY;
+
+		xfs_trans_log_inode(sc->tp, sc->ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Repair an inode's fields. */
 int
 xrep_inode(
@@ -2064,6 +2091,15 @@ xrep_inode(
 			return error;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Disable fsverity if it cannot be activated.  Activation failure
+	 * prohibits the file from being opened, so there cannot be another
+	 * program with an open fd to what it thinks is a verity file.
+	 */
+	error = xrep_inode_verity(sc);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	/* Reconnect incore unlinked list */
 	error = xrep_inode_unlinked(sc);
 	if (error)
