diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/Volume.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/Volume.cpp
index 04c706e0af..1911dbb183 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/Volume.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/Volume.cpp
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ Volume::Mount(const char* deviceName, uint32 flags)
 	fBlockSize = 1UL << fSuperBlock.BlockShift();
 	fFirstDataBlock = fSuperBlock.FirstDataBlock();
 
+	fNumInodes = fSuperBlock.NumInodes();
 	fNumGroups = (fSuperBlock.NumBlocks() - fFirstDataBlock - 1)
 		/ fSuperBlock.BlocksPerGroup() + 1;
 	fGroupsPerBlock = fBlockSize / sizeof(ext2_block_group);
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/Volume.h b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/Volume.h
index 59b745841a..cea51c9260 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/Volume.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/Volume.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public:
 			fs_volume*			FSVolume() const { return fFSVolume; }
 			const char*			Name() const;
 
+			uint32				NumInodes() const
+									{ return fNumInodes; }
 			off_t				NumBlocks() const
 									{ return fSuperBlock.NumBlocks(); }
 			off_t				FreeBlocks() const
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ private:
 			uint32				fBlockSize;
 			uint32				fBlockShift;
 			uint32				fFirstDataBlock;
+			uint32				fNumInodes;
 			uint32				fNumGroups;
 			uint32				fGroupsPerBlock;
 			ext2_block_group**	fGroupBlocks;
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/kernel_interface.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/kernel_interface.cpp
index 69c7ed3e10..ad2bb08c37 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/kernel_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ext2/kernel_interface.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ ext2_get_vnode(fs_volume* _volume, ino_t id, fs_vnode* _node, int* _type,
 {
 	Volume* volume = (Volume*)_volume->private_volume;
 
-	if (id < 2 || id > volume->NumBlocks()) {
+	if (id < 2 || id > volume->NumInodes()) {
 		dprintf("ext2: inode at %Ld requested!\n", id);
 		return B_ERROR;
 	}