diff --git a/module/zfs/range_tree.c b/module/zfs/range_tree.c
index d73195f1a21f..bfff029f0a9f 100644
--- a/module/zfs/range_tree.c
+++ b/module/zfs/range_tree.c
@@ -503,6 +503,18 @@ zfs_range_tree_remove_impl(zfs_range_tree_t *rt, uint64_t start, uint64_t size,
 	rstart = zfs_rs_get_start(rs, rt);
 	rend = zfs_rs_get_end(rs, rt);
 
+	/*
+	 * Defensive check: if we detect corrupted bounds, log the issue
+	 * and try to recover rather than panicking
+	 */
+	if (rstart > start) {
+		zfs_panic_recover("zfs: rt=%s: segment bounds invalid - "
+		    "existing start (%llx) > requested start (%llx), "
+		    "this may indicate corrupted space map data",
+		    ZFS_RT_NAME(rt), (longlong_t)rstart, (longlong_t)start);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Range trees with gap support must only remove complete segments
 	 * from the tree. This allows us to maintain accurate fill accounting
diff --git a/module/zfs/space_map.c b/module/zfs/space_map.c
index 5f24963f2291..45e3359f1904 100644
--- a/module/zfs/space_map.c
+++ b/module/zfs/space_map.c
@@ -402,6 +402,21 @@ static int
 space_map_load_callback(space_map_entry_t *sme, void *arg)
 {
 	space_map_load_arg_t *smla = arg;
+	
+	/* Validate space map entry bounds */
+	if (sme->sme_run == 0) {
+		return (0);
+	}
+	
+	if (sme->sme_offset + sme->sme_run > smla->smla_sm->sm_size) {
+		zfs_panic_recover("Skipping out-of-bounds space map entry "
+		    "(offset=%llu, size=%llu, sm_size=%llu)",
+		    (unsigned long long)sme->sme_offset,
+		    (unsigned long long)sme->sme_run,
+		    (unsigned long long)smla->smla_sm->sm_size);
+		return (0);
+	}
+	
 	if (sme->sme_type == smla->smla_type) {
 		VERIFY3U(zfs_range_tree_space(smla->smla_rt) + sme->sme_run, <=,
 		    smla->smla_sm->sm_size);