diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 0fd334a50c53..02c00217b385 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -614,6 +614,10 @@ int fuse_lookup_name(struct super_block *sb, u64 nodeid, const struct qstr *name
 			goto out_put_forget;
 		if (fuse_invalid_attr(&outarg->attr))
 			goto out_put_forget;
+		if (outarg->nodeid == FUSE_ROOT_ID && outarg->generation != 0) {
+			pr_warn_once("root generation should be zero\n");
+			outarg->generation = 0;
+		}
 
 		*inode = fuse_iget(sb, outarg->nodeid, outarg->generation,
 				   &outarg->attr, entry_attr_timeout(outarg),