diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
index fdb590e4d7e1..31af540740dc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
@@ -1505,6 +1505,11 @@ static int check_extent_item(struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 					   dref_offset, fs_info->sectorsize);
 				return -EUCLEAN;
 			}
+			if (unlikely(btrfs_extent_data_ref_count(leaf, dref) == 0)) {
+				extent_err(leaf, slot,
+			"invalid data ref count, should have non-zero value");
+				return -EUCLEAN;
+			}
 			inline_refs += btrfs_extent_data_ref_count(leaf, dref);
 			break;
 		/* Contains parent bytenr and ref count */
@@ -1517,6 +1522,11 @@ static int check_extent_item(struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 					   inline_offset, fs_info->sectorsize);
 				return -EUCLEAN;
 			}
+			if (unlikely(btrfs_shared_data_ref_count(leaf, sref) == 0)) {
+				extent_err(leaf, slot,
+			"invalid shared data ref count, should have non-zero value");
+				return -EUCLEAN;
+			}
 			inline_refs += btrfs_shared_data_ref_count(leaf, sref);
 			break;
 		case BTRFS_EXTENT_OWNER_REF_KEY:
@@ -1589,8 +1599,18 @@ static int check_simple_keyed_refs(struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 {
 	u32 expect_item_size = 0;
 
-	if (key->type == BTRFS_SHARED_DATA_REF_KEY)
+	if (key->type == BTRFS_SHARED_DATA_REF_KEY) {
+		struct btrfs_shared_data_ref *sref;
+
+		sref = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, slot, struct btrfs_shared_data_ref);
+		if (unlikely(btrfs_shared_data_ref_count(leaf, sref) == 0)) {
+			extent_err(leaf, slot,
+		"invalid shared data backref count, should have non-zero value");
+			return -EUCLEAN;
+		}
+
 		expect_item_size = sizeof(struct btrfs_shared_data_ref);
+	}
 
 	if (unlikely(btrfs_item_size(leaf, slot) != expect_item_size)) {
 		generic_err(leaf, slot,
@@ -1667,6 +1687,11 @@ static int check_extent_data_ref(struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 				   offset, leaf->fs_info->sectorsize);
 			return -EUCLEAN;
 		}
+		if (unlikely(btrfs_extent_data_ref_count(leaf, dref) == 0)) {
+			extent_err(leaf, slot,
+	"invalid extent data backref count, should have non-zero value");
+			return -EUCLEAN;
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }