diff --git a/fs/jffs2/erase.c b/fs/jffs2/erase.c
index 0fc19a2..4616fed 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/erase.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/erase.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
 			   at the end of the linked list. Stash it and continue
 			   from the beginning of the list */
 			ic = (struct jffs2_inode_cache *)(*prev);
+			BUG_ON(ic->class != RAWNODE_CLASS_INODE_CACHE);
 			prev = &ic->nodes;
 			continue;
 		}