diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 99adeb3122..7749b00098 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ oe_mkext234fs () {
 	# Create a sparse image block
 	dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.$fstype seek=$ROOTFS_SIZE count=$COUNT bs=1024
 	mkfs.$fstype -F $extra_imagecmd ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.$fstype -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}
+	# Error codes 0-3 indicate successfull operation of fsck (no errors or errors corrected)
+	fsck.$fstype -pvfD ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.$fstype || [ $? -le 3 ]
 }
 
 IMAGE_CMD_ext2 = "oe_mkext234fs ext2 ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD}"