diff --git a/db/bmap.c b/db/bmap.c
index 50f0474bc..5e1ab9258 100644
--- a/db/bmap.c
+++ b/db/bmap.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ bmap(
 	ASSERT(fmt == XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL || fmt == XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS ||
 		fmt == XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE);
 	if (fmt == XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS) {
-		nextents = XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip, whichfork);
+		nextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, whichfork);
 		xp = (xfs_bmbt_rec_t *)XFS_DFORK_PTR(dip, whichfork);
 		for (ep = xp; ep < &xp[nextents] && n < nex; ep++) {
 			if (!bmap_one_extent(ep, &curoffset, eoffset, &n, bep))
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ bmap_f(
 		push_cur();
 		set_cur_inode(iocur_top->ino);
 		dip = iocur_top->data;
-		if (be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents))
+		if (xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_DATA_FORK))
 			dfork = 1;
-		if (be16_to_cpu(dip->di_anextents))
+		if (xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_ATTR_FORK))
 			afork = 1;
 		pop_cur();
 	}
diff --git a/db/btdump.c b/db/btdump.c
index 920f595b4..59609fd2d 100644
--- a/db/btdump.c
+++ b/db/btdump.c
@@ -166,13 +166,13 @@ dump_inode(
 
 	dip = iocur_top->data;
 	if (attrfork) {
-		if (!dip->di_anextents ||
+		if (!xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_ATTR_FORK) ||
 		    dip->di_aformat != XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE) {
 			dbprintf(_("attr fork not in btree format\n"));
 			return 0;
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (!dip->di_nextents ||
+		if (!xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_DATA_FORK) ||
 		    dip->di_format != XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE) {
 			dbprintf(_("data fork not in btree format\n"));
 			return 0;
diff --git a/db/check.c b/db/check.c
index 0d923e3ae..fe422e0ca 100644
--- a/db/check.c
+++ b/db/check.c
@@ -2720,7 +2720,7 @@ process_exinode(
 	xfs_bmbt_rec_t		*rp;
 
 	rp = (xfs_bmbt_rec_t *)XFS_DFORK_PTR(dip, whichfork);
-	*nex = XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip, whichfork);
+	*nex = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, whichfork);
 	if (*nex < 0 || *nex > XFS_DFORK_SIZE(dip, mp, whichfork) /
 						sizeof(xfs_bmbt_rec_t)) {
 		if (!sflag || id->ilist)
@@ -2744,12 +2744,14 @@ process_inode(
 	inodata_t		*id = NULL;
 	xfs_ino_t		ino;
 	xfs_extnum_t		nextents = 0;
+	xfs_extnum_t		dnextents;
 	int			security;
 	xfs_rfsblock_t		totblocks;
 	xfs_rfsblock_t		totdblocks = 0;
 	xfs_rfsblock_t		totiblocks = 0;
 	dbm_t			type;
 	xfs_extnum_t		anextents = 0;
+	xfs_extnum_t		danextents;
 	xfs_rfsblock_t		atotdblocks = 0;
 	xfs_rfsblock_t		atotiblocks = 0;
 	xfs_qcnt_t		bc = 0;
@@ -2878,14 +2880,17 @@ process_inode(
 		error++;
 		return;
 	}
+
+	dnextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_DATA_FORK);
+	danextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_ATTR_FORK);
+
 	if (verbose || (id && id->ilist) || CHECK_BLIST(bno))
 		dbprintf(_("inode %lld mode %#o fmt %s "
 			 "afmt %s "
 			 "nex %d anex %d nblk %lld sz %lld%s%s%s%s%s%s%s\n"),
 			id->ino, mode, fmtnames[(int)dip->di_format],
 			fmtnames[(int)dip->di_aformat],
-			be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents),
-			be16_to_cpu(dip->di_anextents),
+			dnextents, danextents,
 			be64_to_cpu(dip->di_nblocks), be64_to_cpu(dip->di_size),
 			diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_REALTIME ? " rt" : "",
 			diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_PREALLOC ? " pre" : "",
@@ -2903,19 +2908,19 @@ process_inode(
 		if (xfs_sb_version_hasmetadir(&mp->m_sb) &&
 		    id->ino == mp->m_sb.sb_metadirino)
 			addlink_inode(id);
-		blkmap = blkmap_alloc(be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents));
+		blkmap = blkmap_alloc(dnextents);
 		break;
 	case S_IFREG:
 		if (diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_REALTIME)
 			type = DBM_RTDATA;
 		else if (id->ino == mp->m_sb.sb_rbmino) {
 			type = DBM_RTBITMAP;
-			blkmap = blkmap_alloc(be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents));
+			blkmap = blkmap_alloc(dnextents);
 			if (!xfs_sb_version_hasmetadir(&mp->m_sb))
 				addlink_inode(id);
 		} else if (id->ino == mp->m_sb.sb_rsumino) {
 			type = DBM_RTSUM;
-			blkmap = blkmap_alloc(be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents));
+			blkmap = blkmap_alloc(dnextents);
 			if (!xfs_sb_version_hasmetadir(&mp->m_sb))
 				addlink_inode(id);
 		}
@@ -2923,7 +2928,7 @@ process_inode(
 			 id->ino == mp->m_sb.sb_gquotino ||
 			 id->ino == mp->m_sb.sb_pquotino) {
 			type = DBM_QUOTA;
-			blkmap = blkmap_alloc(be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents));
+			blkmap = blkmap_alloc(dnextents);
 			if (!xfs_sb_version_hasmetadir(&mp->m_sb))
 				addlink_inode(id);
 		}
@@ -3006,17 +3011,17 @@ process_inode(
 				be64_to_cpu(dip->di_nblocks), id->ino, totblocks);
 		error++;
 	}
-	if (nextents != be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents)) {
+	if (nextents != dnextents) {
 		if (v)
 			dbprintf(_("bad nextents %d for inode %lld, counted %d\n"),
-				be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents), id->ino, nextents);
+				dnextents, id->ino, nextents);
 		error++;
 	}
-	if (anextents != be16_to_cpu(dip->di_anextents)) {
+	if (anextents != danextents) {
 		if (v)
 			dbprintf(_("bad anextents %d for inode %lld, counted "
 				 "%d\n"),
-				be16_to_cpu(dip->di_anextents), id->ino, anextents);
+				danextents, id->ino, anextents);
 		error++;
 	}
 	if (type == DBM_DIR)
diff --git a/db/frag.c b/db/frag.c
index 90fa2131c..3e43a9a21 100644
--- a/db/frag.c
+++ b/db/frag.c
@@ -262,9 +262,11 @@ process_exinode(
 	int			whichfork)
 {
 	xfs_bmbt_rec_t		*rp;
+	xfs_extnum_t		nextents;
 
 	rp = (xfs_bmbt_rec_t *)XFS_DFORK_PTR(dip, whichfork);
-	process_bmbt_reclist(rp, XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip, whichfork), extmapp);
+	nextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, whichfork);
+	process_bmbt_reclist(rp, nextents, extmapp);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ process_fork(
 	extmap_t	*extmap;
 	xfs_extnum_t	nex;
 
-	nex = XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip, whichfork);
+	nex = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, whichfork);
 	if (!nex)
 		return;
 	extmap = extmap_alloc(nex);
diff --git a/db/inode.c b/db/inode.c
index e59cff451..681f4f98a 100644
--- a/db/inode.c
+++ b/db/inode.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ inode_a_bmx_count(
 		return 0;
 	ASSERT((char *)XFS_DFORK_APTR(dip) - (char *)dip == byteize(startoff));
 	return dip->di_aformat == XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS ?
-		be16_to_cpu(dip->di_anextents) : 0;
+		xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_ATTR_FORK) : 0;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ inode_a_size(
 {
 	struct xfs_attr_shortform	*asf;
 	xfs_dinode_t			*dip;
+	xfs_extnum_t			nextents;
 
 	ASSERT(startoff == 0);
 	ASSERT(idx == 0);
@@ -341,8 +342,8 @@ inode_a_size(
 		asf = (struct xfs_attr_shortform *)XFS_DFORK_APTR(dip);
 		return bitize(be16_to_cpu(asf->hdr.totsize));
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS:
-		return (int)be16_to_cpu(dip->di_anextents) *
-							bitsz(xfs_bmbt_rec_t);
+		nextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_ATTR_FORK);
+		return (int)nextents * bitsz(xfs_bmbt_rec_t);
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE:
 		return bitize((int)XFS_DFORK_ASIZE(dip, mp));
 	default:
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@ inode_u_bmx_count(
 	dip = obj;
 	ASSERT((char *)XFS_DFORK_DPTR(dip) - (char *)dip == byteize(startoff));
 	return dip->di_format == XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS ?
-		be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents) : 0;
+		xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_DATA_FORK) : 0;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -589,6 +590,7 @@ inode_u_size(
 	int		idx)
 {
 	xfs_dinode_t	*dip;
+	xfs_extnum_t	nextents;
 
 	ASSERT(startoff == 0);
 	ASSERT(idx == 0);
@@ -599,8 +601,8 @@ inode_u_size(
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL:
 		return bitize((int)be64_to_cpu(dip->di_size));
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS:
-		return (int)be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents) *
-						bitsz(xfs_bmbt_rec_t);
+		nextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_DATA_FORK);
+		return (int)nextents * bitsz(xfs_bmbt_rec_t);
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE:
 		return bitize((int)XFS_DFORK_DSIZE(dip, mp));
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_UUID:
diff --git a/db/metadump.c b/db/metadump.c
index 332e43a8e..c194501d0 100644
--- a/db/metadump.c
+++ b/db/metadump.c
@@ -2314,7 +2314,7 @@ process_exinode(
 
 	whichfork = (itype == TYP_ATTR) ? XFS_ATTR_FORK : XFS_DATA_FORK;
 
-	nex = XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip, whichfork);
+	nex = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, whichfork);
 	used = nex * sizeof(xfs_bmbt_rec_t);
 	if (nex < 0 || used > XFS_DFORK_SIZE(dip, mp, whichfork)) {
 		if (show_warnings)
@@ -2369,7 +2369,7 @@ static int
 process_dev_inode(
 	xfs_dinode_t		*dip)
 {
-	if (XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip, XFS_DATA_FORK)) {
+	if (xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_DATA_FORK)) {
 		if (show_warnings)
 			print_warning("inode %llu has unexpected extents",
 				      (unsigned long long)cur_ino);
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_format.h b/libxfs/xfs_format.h
index 84b3aefe2..2a5e7e3a3 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_format.h
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_format.h
@@ -1166,10 +1166,6 @@ enum xfs_dinode_fmt {
 	((w) == XFS_DATA_FORK ? \
 		(dip)->di_format : \
 		(dip)->di_aformat)
-#define XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip,w) \
-	((w) == XFS_DATA_FORK ? \
-		be32_to_cpu((dip)->di_nextents) : \
-		be16_to_cpu((dip)->di_anextents))
 
 /*
  * For block and character special files the 32bit dev_t is stored at the
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c b/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
index b2e8e431a..8d52ce186 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
@@ -339,9 +339,11 @@ xfs_dinode_verify_fork(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 	int			whichfork)
 {
-	xfs_extnum_t		di_nextents = XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip, whichfork);
+	xfs_extnum_t		di_nextents;
 	xfs_extnum_t		max_extents;
 
+	di_nextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, whichfork);
+
 	switch (XFS_DFORK_FORMAT(dip, whichfork)) {
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL:
 		/*
@@ -372,6 +374,31 @@ xfs_dinode_verify_fork(
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+xfs_extnum_t
+xfs_dfork_nextents(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct xfs_dinode	*dip,
+	int			whichfork)
+{
+	xfs_extnum_t		nextents = 0;
+
+	switch (whichfork) {
+	case XFS_DATA_FORK:
+		nextents = be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents);
+		break;
+
+	case XFS_ATTR_FORK:
+		nextents = be16_to_cpu(dip->di_anextents);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		ASSERT(0);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return nextents;
+}
+
 static xfs_failaddr_t
 xfs_dinode_verify_forkoff(
 	struct xfs_dinode	*dip,
@@ -471,6 +498,8 @@ xfs_dinode_verify(
 	uint16_t		flags;
 	uint64_t		flags2;
 	uint64_t		di_size;
+	uint64_t		nblocks;
+	xfs_extnum_t            nextents;
 
 	if (dip->di_magic != cpu_to_be16(XFS_DINODE_MAGIC))
 		return __this_address;
@@ -501,10 +530,12 @@ xfs_dinode_verify(
 	if ((S_ISLNK(mode) || S_ISDIR(mode)) && di_size == 0)
 		return __this_address;
 
-	/* Fork checks carried over from xfs_iformat_fork */
-	if (mode &&
-	    be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents) + be16_to_cpu(dip->di_anextents) >
-			be64_to_cpu(dip->di_nblocks))
+	nextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_DATA_FORK);
+	nextents += xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_ATTR_FORK);
+	nblocks = be64_to_cpu(dip->di_nblocks);
+
+        /* Fork checks carried over from xfs_iformat_fork */
+	if (mode && nextents > nblocks)
 		return __this_address;
 
 	if (mode && XFS_DFORK_BOFF(dip) > mp->m_sb.sb_inodesize)
@@ -561,7 +592,7 @@ xfs_dinode_verify(
 		default:
 			return __this_address;
 		}
-		if (dip->di_anextents)
+		if (xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_ATTR_FORK))
 			return __this_address;
 	}
 
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.h b/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.h
index a30b76760..ea2c35091 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.h
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ xfs_failaddr_t xfs_inode_validate_extsize(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 xfs_failaddr_t xfs_inode_validate_cowextsize(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 		uint32_t cowextsize, uint16_t mode, uint16_t flags,
 		uint64_t flags2);
+xfs_extnum_t xfs_dfork_nextents(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_dinode *dip,
+		int whichfork);
 
 static inline uint64_t xfs_inode_encode_bigtime(struct timespec64 tv)
 {
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c b/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
index 48afaaeec..831313e3a 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ xfs_iformat_extents(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
 	struct xfs_ifork	*ifp = XFS_IFORK_PTR(ip, whichfork);
 	int			state = xfs_bmap_fork_to_state(whichfork);
-	xfs_extnum_t		nex = XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip, whichfork);
+	xfs_extnum_t		nex = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, whichfork);
 	int			size = nex * sizeof(xfs_bmbt_rec_t);
 	struct xfs_iext_cursor	icur;
 	struct xfs_bmbt_rec	*dp;
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ xfs_iformat_data_fork(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
 	struct xfs_dinode	*dip)
 {
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
 	struct inode		*inode = VFS_I(ip);
 	int			error;
 
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ xfs_iformat_data_fork(
 	 * depend on it.
 	 */
 	ip->i_df.if_format = dip->di_format;
-	ip->i_df.if_nextents = be32_to_cpu(dip->di_nextents);
+	ip->i_df.if_nextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_DATA_FORK);
 
 	switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
 	case S_IFIFO:
@@ -299,14 +300,16 @@ xfs_iformat_attr_fork(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
 	struct xfs_dinode	*dip)
 {
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
+	xfs_extnum_t		nextents;
 	int			error = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialize the extent count early, as the per-format routines may
 	 * depend on it.
 	 */
-	ip->i_afp = xfs_ifork_alloc(dip->di_aformat,
-				be16_to_cpu(dip->di_anextents));
+	nextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_ATTR_FORK);
+	ip->i_afp = xfs_ifork_alloc(dip->di_aformat, nextents);
 
 	switch (ip->i_afp->if_format) {
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL:
diff --git a/repair/attr_repair.c b/repair/attr_repair.c
index bc3c2bef7..0a461b675 100644
--- a/repair/attr_repair.c
+++ b/repair/attr_repair.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ process_longform_attr(
 	bno = blkmap_get(blkmap, 0);
 	if (bno == NULLFSBLOCK) {
 		if (dip->di_aformat == XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS &&
-				be16_to_cpu(dip->di_anextents) == 0)
+			xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, XFS_ATTR_FORK) == 0)
 			return(0); /* the kernel can handle this state */
 		do_warn(
 	_("block 0 of inode %" PRIu64 " attribute fork is missing\n"),
diff --git a/repair/bmap_repair.c b/repair/bmap_repair.c
index 699089791..2e0475db1 100644
--- a/repair/bmap_repair.c
+++ b/repair/bmap_repair.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ rebuild_bmap(
 	 */
 	switch (whichfork) {
 	case XFS_DATA_FORK:
-		if ((*dinop)->di_nextents == 0)
+		if (!xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, *dinop, XFS_DATA_FORK))
 			return 0;
 		(*dinop)->di_format = XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS;
 		(*dinop)->di_nextents = 0;
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ rebuild_bmap(
 		*dirty = 1;
 		break;
 	case XFS_ATTR_FORK:
-		if ((*dinop)->di_anextents == 0)
+		if (!xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, *dinop, XFS_ATTR_FORK))
 			return 0;
 		(*dinop)->di_aformat = XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS;
 		(*dinop)->di_anextents = 0;
diff --git a/repair/dinode.c b/repair/dinode.c
index a034b5e86..6cc5bce5c 100644
--- a/repair/dinode.c
+++ b/repair/dinode.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ _("clearing inode %" PRIu64 " attributes\n"), ino_num);
 		fprintf(stderr,
 _("would have cleared inode %" PRIu64 " attributes\n"), ino_num);
 
-	if (be16_to_cpu(dino->di_anextents) != 0)  {
+	if (xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dino, XFS_ATTR_FORK) != 0) {
 		if (no_modify)
 			return(1);
 		dino->di_anextents = cpu_to_be16(0);
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ process_exinode(
 	lino = XFS_AGINO_TO_INO(mp, agno, ino);
 	rp = (xfs_bmbt_rec_t *)XFS_DFORK_PTR(dip, whichfork);
 	*tot = 0;
-	numrecs = XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip, whichfork);
+	numrecs = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dip, whichfork);
 
 	/*
 	 * We've already decided on the maximum number of extents on the inode,
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ process_symlink_extlist(xfs_mount_t *mp, xfs_ino_t lino, xfs_dinode_t *dino)
 	xfs_fileoff_t		expected_offset;
 	xfs_bmbt_rec_t		*rp;
 	xfs_bmbt_irec_t		irec;
-	int			numrecs;
+	xfs_extnum_t		numrecs;
 	int			i;
 	int			max_blocks;
 
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ _("mismatch between format (%d) and size (%" PRId64 ") in symlink inode %" PRIu6
 	}
 
 	rp = (xfs_bmbt_rec_t *)XFS_DFORK_DPTR(dino);
-	numrecs = be32_to_cpu(dino->di_nextents);
+	numrecs = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dino, XFS_DATA_FORK);
 
 	/*
 	 * the max # of extents in a symlink inode is equal to the
@@ -1578,6 +1578,8 @@ process_check_sb_inodes(
 	int		*type,
 	int		*dirty)
 {
+	xfs_extnum_t	nextents;
+
 	if (lino == mp->m_sb.sb_rootino) {
 		if (*type != XR_INO_DIR)  {
 			do_warn(_("root inode %" PRIu64 " has bad type 0x%x\n"),
@@ -1632,10 +1634,12 @@ _("realtime summary inode %" PRIu64 " has bad type 0x%x, "),
 				do_warn(_("would reset to regular file\n"));
 			}
 		}
-		if (mp->m_sb.sb_rblocks == 0 && dinoc->di_nextents != 0)  {
+
+		nextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dinoc, XFS_DATA_FORK);
+		if (mp->m_sb.sb_rblocks == 0 && nextents != 0)  {
 			do_warn(
-_("bad # of extents (%u) for realtime summary inode %" PRIu64 "\n"),
-				be32_to_cpu(dinoc->di_nextents), lino);
+_("bad # of extents (%d) for realtime summary inode %" PRIu64 "\n"),
+				nextents, lino);
 			return 1;
 		}
 		return 0;
@@ -1653,10 +1657,12 @@ _("realtime bitmap inode %" PRIu64 " has bad type 0x%x, "),
 				do_warn(_("would reset to regular file\n"));
 			}
 		}
-		if (mp->m_sb.sb_rblocks == 0 && dinoc->di_nextents != 0)  {
+
+		nextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dinoc, XFS_DATA_FORK);
+		if (mp->m_sb.sb_rblocks == 0 && nextents != 0)  {
 			do_warn(
-_("bad # of extents (%u) for realtime bitmap inode %" PRIu64 "\n"),
-				be32_to_cpu(dinoc->di_nextents), lino);
+_("bad # of extents (%d) for realtime bitmap inode %" PRIu64 "\n"),
+				nextents, lino);
 			return 1;
 		}
 		return 0;
@@ -1816,6 +1822,8 @@ process_inode_blocks_and_extents(
 	xfs_ino_t	lino,
 	int		*dirty)
 {
+	xfs_extnum_t		dnextents;
+
 	if (nblocks != be64_to_cpu(dino->di_nblocks))  {
 		if (!no_modify)  {
 			do_warn(
@@ -1838,20 +1846,19 @@ _("too many data fork extents (%" PRIu64 ") in inode %" PRIu64 "\n"),
 			nextents, lino);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	if (nextents != be32_to_cpu(dino->di_nextents))  {
+
+	dnextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dino, XFS_DATA_FORK);
+	if (nextents != dnextents)  {
 		if (!no_modify)  {
 			do_warn(
 _("correcting nextents for inode %" PRIu64 ", was %d - counted %" PRIu64 "\n"),
-				lino,
-				be32_to_cpu(dino->di_nextents),
-				nextents);
+				lino, dnextents, nextents);
 			dino->di_nextents = cpu_to_be32(nextents);
 			*dirty = 1;
 		} else  {
 			do_warn(
 _("bad nextents %d for inode %" PRIu64 ", would reset to %" PRIu64 "\n"),
-				be32_to_cpu(dino->di_nextents),
-				lino, nextents);
+				dnextents, lino, nextents);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1861,19 +1868,19 @@ _("too many attr fork extents (%" PRIu64 ") in inode %" PRIu64 "\n"),
 			anextents, lino);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	if (anextents != be16_to_cpu(dino->di_anextents))  {
+
+	dnextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dino, XFS_ATTR_FORK);
+	if (anextents != dnextents)  {
 		if (!no_modify)  {
 			do_warn(
 _("correcting anextents for inode %" PRIu64 ", was %d - counted %" PRIu64 "\n"),
-				lino,
-				be16_to_cpu(dino->di_anextents), anextents);
+				lino, dnextents, anextents);
 			dino->di_anextents = cpu_to_be16(anextents);
 			*dirty = 1;
 		} else  {
 			do_warn(
 _("bad anextents %d for inode %" PRIu64 ", would reset to %" PRIu64 "\n"),
-				be16_to_cpu(dino->di_anextents),
-				lino, anextents);
+				dnextents, lino, anextents);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1910,8 +1917,8 @@ process_inode_data_fork(
 {
 	struct xfs_dinode	*dino = *dinop;
 	xfs_ino_t		lino = XFS_AGINO_TO_INO(mp, agno, ino);
+	xfs_extnum_t		nex;
 	int			err = 0;
-	int			nex;
 	int			try_rebuild = -1; /* don't know yet */
 
 retry:
@@ -1920,7 +1927,7 @@ retry:
 	 * uses negative values in memory. hence if we see negative numbers
 	 * here, trash it!
 	 */
-	nex = be32_to_cpu(dino->di_nextents);
+	nex = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dino, XFS_DATA_FORK);
 	if (nex < 0)
 		*nextents = 1;
 	else
@@ -1970,8 +1977,7 @@ _("rebuilding inode %"PRIu64" data fork\n"),
 					lino);
 				try_rebuild = 0;
 				err = rebuild_bmap(mp, lino, XFS_DATA_FORK,
-						be32_to_cpu(dino->di_nextents),
-						ino_bpp, dinop, dirty);
+						nex, ino_bpp, dinop, dirty);
 				dino = *dinop;
 				if (!err)
 					goto retry;
@@ -2070,7 +2076,7 @@ retry:
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	*anextents = be16_to_cpu(dino->di_anextents);
+	*anextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dino, XFS_ATTR_FORK);
 	if (*anextents > be64_to_cpu(dino->di_nblocks))
 		*anextents = 1;
 
@@ -2118,13 +2124,17 @@ retry:
 
 		if (!no_modify)  {
 			if (try_rebuild == 1) {
+				xfs_extnum_t danextents;
+
+				danextents = xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dino,
+						XFS_ATTR_FORK);
 				do_warn(
 _("rebuilding inode %"PRIu64" attr fork\n"),
 					lino);
 				try_rebuild = 0;
 				err = rebuild_bmap(mp, lino, XFS_ATTR_FORK,
-						be16_to_cpu(dino->di_anextents),
-						ino_bpp, dinop, dirty);
+						danextents, ino_bpp, dinop,
+						dirty);
 				dino = *dinop;
 				if (!err)
 					goto retry;
diff --git a/repair/prefetch.c b/repair/prefetch.c
index 9e5ced94a..b8d11ead0 100644
--- a/repair/prefetch.c
+++ b/repair/prefetch.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ pf_read_exinode(
 	xfs_dinode_t		*dino)
 {
 	pf_read_bmbt_reclist(args, (xfs_bmbt_rec_t *)XFS_DFORK_DPTR(dino),
-			be32_to_cpu(dino->di_nextents));
+			xfs_dfork_nextents(mp, dino, XFS_DATA_FORK));
 }
 
 static void
