diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 90310d9e647a..6c97ae1e7288 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -553,8 +553,9 @@ static noinline int check_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			       struct extent_buffer *leaf)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
+	/* No valid key type is 0, so all key should be larger than this key */
+	struct btrfs_key prev_key = {0, 0, 0};
 	struct btrfs_key key;
-	struct btrfs_key leaf_key;
 	u32 nritems = btrfs_header_nritems(leaf);
 	int slot;
 
@@ -587,7 +588,7 @@ static noinline int check_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				CORRUPT("non-root leaf's nritems is 0",
 					leaf, check_root, 0);
 				free_extent_buffer(eb);
-				return -EIO;
+				return -EUCLEAN;
 			}
 			free_extent_buffer(eb);
 		}
@@ -597,28 +598,23 @@ static noinline int check_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	if (nritems == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Check the 0 item */
-	if (btrfs_item_offset_nr(leaf, 0) + btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, 0) !=
-	    BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(fs_info)) {
-		CORRUPT("invalid item offset size pair", leaf, root, 0);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
 	/*
-	 * Check to make sure each items keys are in the correct order and their
-	 * offsets make sense.  We only have to loop through nritems-1 because
-	 * we check the current slot against the next slot, which verifies the
-	 * next slot's offset+size makes sense and that the current's slot
-	 * offset is correct.
+	 * Check the following things to make sure this is a good leaf, and
+	 * leaf users won't need to bother with similar sanity checks:
+	 *
+	 * 1) key order
+	 * 2) item offset and size
+	 *    No overlap, no hole, all inside the leaf.
 	 */
-	for (slot = 0; slot < nritems - 1; slot++) {
-		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &leaf_key, slot);
-		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &key, slot + 1);
+	for (slot = 0; slot < nritems; slot++) {
+		u32 item_end_expected;
+
+		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &key, slot);
 
 		/* Make sure the keys are in the right order */
-		if (btrfs_comp_cpu_keys(&leaf_key, &key) >= 0) {
+		if (btrfs_comp_cpu_keys(&prev_key, &key) >= 0) {
 			CORRUPT("bad key order", leaf, root, slot);
-			return -EIO;
+			return -EUCLEAN;
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -626,10 +622,14 @@ static noinline int check_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		 * item data starts at the end of the leaf and grows towards the
 		 * front.
 		 */
-		if (btrfs_item_offset_nr(leaf, slot) !=
-			btrfs_item_end_nr(leaf, slot + 1)) {
+		if (slot == 0)
+			item_end_expected = BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(fs_info);
+		else
+			item_end_expected = btrfs_item_offset_nr(leaf,
+								 slot - 1);
+		if (btrfs_item_end_nr(leaf, slot) != item_end_expected) {
 			CORRUPT("slot offset bad", leaf, root, slot);
-			return -EIO;
+			return -EUCLEAN;
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -640,8 +640,12 @@ static noinline int check_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		if (btrfs_item_end_nr(leaf, slot) >
 		    BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(fs_info)) {
 			CORRUPT("slot end outside of leaf", leaf, root, slot);
-			return -EIO;
+			return -EUCLEAN;
 		}
+
+		prev_key.objectid = key.objectid;
+		prev_key.type = key.type;
+		prev_key.offset = key.offset;
 	}
 
 	return 0;