return -BCH_ERR_invalid_bkey;
        }
 
-       /*
-        * XXX this is wrong, we'll be checking updates that happened from
-        * before BCH_FS_CHECK_BACKPOINTERS_DONE
-        */
-       if (rw == WRITE && test_bit(BCH_FS_CHECK_BACKPOINTERS_DONE, &c->flags)) {
+       if (rw == WRITE &&
+           !(flags & BKEY_INVALID_FROM_JOURNAL) &&
+           test_bit(BCH_FS_CHECK_BACKPOINTERS_DONE, &c->flags)) {
                unsigned i, bp_len = 0;
 
                for (i = 0; i < BCH_ALLOC_V4_NR_BACKPOINTERS(a.v); i++)
 
 
 extern const struct bkey_ops bch2_bkey_ops[];
 
+#define BKEY_INVALID_FROM_JOURNAL              (1 << 1)
+
 int bch2_bkey_val_invalid(struct bch_fs *, struct bkey_s_c, unsigned, struct printbuf *);
 int __bch2_bkey_invalid(struct bch_fs *, struct bkey_s_c,
                        enum btree_node_type, unsigned, struct printbuf *);
 
                int ret = journal_validate_key(c, jset, entry,
                                               entry->level,
                                               entry->btree_id,
-                                              k, version, big_endian, write);
+                                              k, version, big_endian, write|BKEY_INVALID_FROM_JOURNAL);
                if (ret == FSCK_DELETED_KEY)
                        continue;
 
                                      struct jset_entry *entry,
                                      unsigned version, int big_endian, int write)
 {
-       return journal_entry_btree_keys_validate(c, jset, entry, version, big_endian, READ);
+       return journal_entry_btree_keys_validate(c, jset, entry,
+                               version, big_endian, READ);
 }
 
 static void journal_entry_overwrite_to_text(struct printbuf *out, struct bch_fs *c,