static inline int read_unknown(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_raw_node_ref *ref, struct jffs2_unknown_node *un)
 {
        /* We don't mark unknown nodes as REF_UNCHECKED */
-       BUG_ON(ref_flags(ref) == REF_UNCHECKED);
+       if (ref_flags(ref) == REF_UNCHECKED) {
+               JFFS2_ERROR("REF_UNCHECKED but unknown node at %#08x\n",
+                           ref_offset(ref));
+               JFFS2_ERROR("Node is {%04x,%04x,%08x,%08x}. Please report this error.\n",
+                            je16_to_cpu(un->magic), je16_to_cpu(un->nodetype),
+                            je32_to_cpu(un->totlen), je32_to_cpu(un->hdr_crc));
+               return 1;
+       }
 
        un->nodetype = cpu_to_je16(JFFS2_NODE_ACCURATE | je16_to_cpu(un->nodetype));
 
                        jffs2_mark_node_obsolete(c, ref);
                        goto cont;
                }
+               /* Due to poor choice of crc32 seed, an all-zero node will have a correct CRC */
+               if (!je32_to_cpu(node->u.hdr_crc) && !je16_to_cpu(node->u.nodetype) &&
+                   !je16_to_cpu(node->u.magic) && !je32_to_cpu(node->u.totlen)) {
+                       JFFS2_NOTICE("All zero node header at %#08x.\n", ref_offset(ref));
+                       jffs2_mark_node_obsolete(c, ref);
+                       goto cont;
+               }
 
                switch (je16_to_cpu(node->u.nodetype)) {
 
 
                        ofs += 4;
                        continue;
                }
+               /* Due to poor choice of crc32 seed, an all-zero node will have a correct CRC */
+               if (!je32_to_cpu(node->hdr_crc) && !je16_to_cpu(node->nodetype) &&
+                   !je16_to_cpu(node->magic) && !je32_to_cpu(node->totlen)) {
+                       noisy_printk(&noise, "jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): All zero node header at 0x%08x.\n", ofs);
+                       if ((err = jffs2_scan_dirty_space(c, jeb, 4)))
+                               return err;
+                       ofs += 4;
+                       continue;
+               }
 
                if (ofs + je32_to_cpu(node->totlen) >
                    jeb->offset + c->sector_size) {