diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
index 045118c7bf78..23c19e632c2d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
@@ -589,6 +589,19 @@ xfs_inode_validate_extsize(
 	inherit_flag = (flags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT);
 	extsize_bytes = XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, extsize);
 
+	/*
+	 * This comment describes a historic gap in this verifier function.
+	 * On older kernels, XFS doesnt't check that the extent size hint is
+	 * an integer multiple of the rt extent size on a directory with both
+	 * RTINHERIT and EXTSZINHERIT flags set.  This results in corruption
+	 * shutdowns when the misaligned hint propagates into new realtime
+	 * files, since they do check the rextsize alignment of the hint for
+	 * files with the REALTIME flag set.  There could be filesystems with
+	 * misconfigured directories in the wild, so we cannot add it to the
+	 * verifier now because that would cause new corruption shutdowns on
+	 * the directories.
+	 */
+
 	if (rt_flag)
 		blocksize_bytes = mp->m_sb.sb_rextsize << mp->m_sb.sb_blocklog;
 	else
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
index 78324e043e25..325f2dceec13 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
@@ -142,6 +142,21 @@ xfs_trans_log_inode(
 		flags |= XFS_ILOG_CORE;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Inode verifiers on older kernels don't check that the extent size
+	 * hint is an integer multiple of the rt extent size on a directory
+	 * with both rtinherit and extszinherit flags set.  If we're logging a
+	 * directory that is misconfigured in this way, clear the hint.
+	 */
+	if ((ip->i_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_RTINHERIT) &&
+	    (ip->i_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT) &&
+	    (ip->i_extsize % ip->i_mount->m_sb.sb_rextsize) > 0) {
+		ip->i_diflags &= ~(XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE |
+				   XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT);
+		ip->i_extsize = 0;
+		flags |= XFS_ILOG_CORE;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Record the specific change for fdatasync optimisation. This allows
 	 * fdatasync to skip log forces for inodes that are only timestamp
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 0369eb22c1bb..e4c2da4566f1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ xfs_inode_inherit_flags(
 	const struct xfs_inode	*pip)
 {
 	unsigned int		di_flags = 0;
+	xfs_failaddr_t		failaddr;
 	umode_t			mode = VFS_I(ip)->i_mode;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
@@ -729,6 +730,24 @@ xfs_inode_inherit_flags(
 		di_flags |= XFS_DIFLAG_FILESTREAM;
 
 	ip->i_diflags |= di_flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * Inode verifiers on older kernels only check that the extent size
+	 * hint is an integer multiple of the rt extent size on realtime files.
+	 * They did not check the hint alignment on a directory with both
+	 * rtinherit and extszinherit flags set.  If the misaligned hint is
+	 * propagated from a directory into a new realtime file, new file
+	 * allocations will fail due to math errors in the rt allocator and/or
+	 * trip the verifiers.  Validate the hint settings in the new file so
+	 * that we don't let broken hints propagate.
+	 */
+	failaddr = xfs_inode_validate_extsize(ip->i_mount, ip->i_extsize,
+			VFS_I(ip)->i_mode, ip->i_diflags);
+	if (failaddr) {
+		ip->i_diflags &= ~(XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE |
+				   XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT);
+		ip->i_extsize = 0;
+	}
 }
 
 /* Propagate di_flags2 from a parent inode to a child inode. */
@@ -737,12 +756,22 @@ xfs_inode_inherit_flags2(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
 	const struct xfs_inode	*pip)
 {
+	xfs_failaddr_t		failaddr;
+
 	if (pip->i_diflags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE) {
 		ip->i_diflags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE;
 		ip->i_cowextsize = pip->i_cowextsize;
 	}
 	if (pip->i_diflags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX)
 		ip->i_diflags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX;
+
+	/* Don't let invalid cowextsize hints propagate. */
+	failaddr = xfs_inode_validate_cowextsize(ip->i_mount, ip->i_cowextsize,
+			VFS_I(ip)->i_mode, ip->i_diflags, ip->i_diflags2);
+	if (failaddr) {
+		ip->i_diflags2 &= ~XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE;
+		ip->i_cowextsize = 0;
+	}
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 6407921aca96..1fe4c1fc0aea 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -1291,6 +1291,21 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_check_extsize(
 
 	new_diflags = xfs_flags2diflags(ip, fa->fsx_xflags);
 
+	/*
+	 * Inode verifiers on older kernels don't check that the extent size
+	 * hint is an integer multiple of the rt extent size on a directory
+	 * with both rtinherit and extszinherit flags set.  Don't let sysadmins
+	 * misconfigure directories.
+	 */
+	if ((new_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_RTINHERIT) &&
+	    (new_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT)) {
+		unsigned int	rtextsize_bytes;
+
+		rtextsize_bytes = XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, mp->m_sb.sb_rextsize);
+		if (fa->fsx_extsize % rtextsize_bytes)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	failaddr = xfs_inode_validate_extsize(ip->i_mount,
 			XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, fa->fsx_extsize),
 			VFS_I(ip)->i_mode, new_diflags);
