for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; ++i)
                pages[i] = NULL;
 
+       err = 0;
        z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_init(&ctor, Z_EROFS_NR_INLINE_PAGEVECS,
                                  cl->pagevec, 0);
 
                        pagenr = z_erofs_onlinepage_index(page);
 
                DBG_BUGON(pagenr >= nr_pages);
-               DBG_BUGON(pages[pagenr]);
 
+               /*
+                * currently EROFS doesn't support multiref(dedup),
+                * so here erroring out one multiref page.
+                */
+               if (unlikely(pages[pagenr])) {
+                       DBG_BUGON(1);
+                       SetPageError(pages[pagenr]);
+                       z_erofs_onlinepage_endio(pages[pagenr]);
+                       err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+               }
                pages[pagenr] = page;
        }
        z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_exit(&ctor, true);
        overlapped = false;
        compressed_pages = pcl->compressed_pages;
 
-       err = 0;
        for (i = 0; i < clusterpages; ++i) {
                unsigned int pagenr;
 
                        pagenr = z_erofs_onlinepage_index(page);
 
                        DBG_BUGON(pagenr >= nr_pages);
-                       DBG_BUGON(pages[pagenr]);
+                       if (unlikely(pages[pagenr])) {
+                               DBG_BUGON(1);
+                               SetPageError(pages[pagenr]);
+                               z_erofs_onlinepage_endio(pages[pagenr]);
+                               err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+                       }
                        pages[pagenr] = page;
 
                        overlapped = true;