diff --git a/fs/ext4/Kconfig b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
index cbb5ca830e57..f13dde8ed92b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
@@ -106,3 +106,17 @@ config EXT4_DEBUG
 	  If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
 	  with a command such as:
 		echo 1 > /sys/module/ext4/parameters/mballoc_debug
+
+config EXT4_KUNIT_TESTS
+	bool "KUnit tests for ext4"
+	select EXT4_FS
+	depends on KUNIT
+	help
+	  This builds the ext4 KUnit tests, which run on boot and output
+	  the results to the debug log in TAP format (http://testanything.org/).
+	  Only useful for kernel devs running KUnit test harness. Not for
+	  inclusion into a production build.
+	  For more information on KUnit and unit tests in general please refer
+	  to the KUnit documentation in Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
diff --git a/fs/ext4/Makefile b/fs/ext4/Makefile
index b17ddc229ac5..840b91d040f1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ext4/Makefile
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ ext4-y	:= balloc.o bitmap.o block_validity.o dir.o ext4_jbd2.o extents.o \

 ext4-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL)	+= acl.o
 ext4-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY)		+= xattr_security.o
+ext4-$(CONFIG_EXT4_KUNIT_TESTS)		+= inode-test.o
 ext4-$(CONFIG_FS_VERITY)		+= verity.o
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode-test.c b/fs/ext4/inode-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f2c486bc1c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * KUnit test of ext4 inode that verify the seconds part of [a/c/m]
+ * timestamps in ext4 inode structs are decoded correctly.
+ */
+
+#include <kunit/test.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/time64.h>
+
+#include "ext4.h"
+
+/* binary: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 */
+#define LOWER_MSB_0 0L
+/* binary: 01111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 */
+#define UPPER_MSB_0 0x7fffffffL
+/* binary: 10000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 */
+#define LOWER_MSB_1 (-0x80000000L)
+/* binary: 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 */
+#define UPPER_MSB_1 (-1L)
+/* binary: 00111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 */
+#define MAX_NANOSECONDS ((1L << 30) - 1)
+
+#define CASE_NAME_FORMAT "%s: msb:%x lower_bound:%x extra_bits: %x"
+
+struct timestamp_expectation {
+	const char *test_case_name;
+	struct timespec64 expected;
+	u32 extra_bits;
+	bool msb_set;
+	bool lower_bound;
+};
+
+static time64_t get_32bit_time(const struct timestamp_expectation * const test)
+{
+	if (test->msb_set) {
+		if (test->lower_bound)
+			return LOWER_MSB_1;
+
+		return UPPER_MSB_1;
+	}
+
+	if (test->lower_bound)
+		return LOWER_MSB_0;
+	return UPPER_MSB_0;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * These tests are derived from the table under
+ * Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inodes.rst Inode Timestamps
+ */
+static void inode_test_xtimestamp_decoding(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	const struct timestamp_expectation test_data[] = {
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+		"1901-12-13 Lower bound of 32bit < 0 timestamp, no extra bits",
+			.msb_set = true,
+			.lower_bound = true,
+			.extra_bits = 0,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = -0x80000000LL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+		"1969-12-31 Upper bound of 32bit < 0 timestamp, no extra bits",
+			.msb_set = true,
+			.lower_bound = false,
+			.extra_bits = 0,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = -1LL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+		"1970-01-01 Lower bound of 32bit >=0 timestamp, no extra bits",
+			.msb_set = false,
+			.lower_bound = true,
+			.extra_bits = 0,
+			.expected = {0LL, 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+		"2038-01-19 Upper bound of 32bit >=0 timestamp, no extra bits",
+			.msb_set = false,
+			.lower_bound = false,
+			.extra_bits = 0,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x7fffffffLL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+	"2038-01-19 Lower bound of 32bit <0 timestamp, lo extra sec bit on",
+			.msb_set = true,
+			.lower_bound = true,
+			.extra_bits = 1,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x80000000LL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+	"2106-02-07 Upper bound of 32bit <0 timestamp, lo extra sec bit on",
+			.msb_set = true,
+			.lower_bound = false,
+			.extra_bits = 1,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0xffffffffLL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+	  "2106-02-07 Lower bound of 32bit >=0 timestamp, lo extra sec bit on",
+			.msb_set = false,
+			.lower_bound = true,
+			.extra_bits = 1,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x100000000LL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+	  "2174-02-25 Upper bound of 32bit >=0 timestamp, lo extra sec bit on",
+			.msb_set = false,
+			.lower_bound = false,
+			.extra_bits = 1,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x17fffffffLL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+	  "2174-02-25 Lower bound of 32bit <0 timestamp, hi extra sec bit on",
+			.msb_set = true,
+			.lower_bound = true,
+			.extra_bits =  2,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x180000000LL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+	  "2242-03-16 Upper bound of 32bit <0 timestamp, hi extra sec bit on",
+			.msb_set = true,
+			.lower_bound = false,
+			.extra_bits = 2,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x1ffffffffLL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+	"2242-03-16 Lower bound of 32bit >=0 timestamp, hi extra sec bit on",
+			.msb_set = false,
+			.lower_bound = true,
+			.extra_bits = 2,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x200000000LL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+	  "2310-04-04 Upper bound of 32bit >=0 timestamp, hi extra sec bit on",
+			.msb_set = false,
+			.lower_bound = false,
+			.extra_bits = 2,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x27fffffffLL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+"2310-04-04 Upper bound of 32bit>=0 timestamp, hi extra sec bit 1. 1 ns bit 1",
+			.msb_set = false,
+			.lower_bound = false,
+			.extra_bits = 6,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x27fffffffLL, .tv_nsec = 1L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+"2378-04-22 Lower bound of 32bit>= timestamp. Extra sec bits 1. ns bits 1",
+			.msb_set = false,
+			.lower_bound = true,
+			.extra_bits = 0xFFFFFFFF,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x300000000LL,
+				     .tv_nsec = MAX_NANOSECONDS},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+	 "2378-04-22 Lower bound of 32bit >= timestamp. All extra sec bits on",
+			.msb_set = false,
+			.lower_bound = true,
+			.extra_bits = 3,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x300000000LL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		},
+
+		{
+			.test_case_name =
+	"2446-05-10 Upper bound of 32bit >= timestamp. All extra sec bits on",
+			.msb_set = false,
+			.lower_bound = false,
+			.extra_bits = 3,
+			.expected = {.tv_sec = 0x37fffffffLL, .tv_nsec = 0L},
+		}
+	};
+
+	struct timespec64 timestamp;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(test_data); ++i) {
+		timestamp.tv_sec = get_32bit_time(&test_data[i]);
+		ext4_decode_extra_time(&timestamp,
+				       cpu_to_le32(test_data[i].extra_bits));
+
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ_MSG(test,
+				    test_data[i].expected.tv_sec,
+				    timestamp.tv_sec,
+				    CASE_NAME_FORMAT,
+				    test_data[i].test_case_name,
+				    test_data[i].msb_set,
+				    test_data[i].lower_bound,
+				    test_data[i].extra_bits);
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ_MSG(test,
+				    test_data[i].expected.tv_nsec,
+				    timestamp.tv_nsec,
+				    CASE_NAME_FORMAT,
+				    test_data[i].test_case_name,
+				    test_data[i].msb_set,
+				    test_data[i].lower_bound,
+				    test_data[i].extra_bits);
+	}
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case ext4_inode_test_cases[] = {
+	KUNIT_CASE(inode_test_xtimestamp_decoding),
+	{}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite ext4_inode_test_suite = {
+	.name = "ext4_inode_test",
+	.test_cases = ext4_inode_test_cases,
+};
+
+kunit_test_suite(ext4_inode_test_suite);
