diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 81bfe438..8c1a8726 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ xx/xx/2006 - 1.13.1-WIP
 	- ntfsinfo: dump either a minimal (default) or the entire attribute
 	  header (--verbose) for all attributes types. Also removed a lot of
 	  redundant code and made some formatting corrections.  (Szaka)
-	- libntfs: add ntfs_str2ucs(), ntfs_freeucs() and ntfs_mft_usn_dec()
-	  functions, and convert all copy-pastes to use them.  (Szaka)
+	- libntfs: add ntfs_str2ucs(), ntfs_freeucs(), ntfs_mft_usn_dec()
+	  and ntfs_inode_badclus_bad() functions, and convert all copy-pastes
+	  to use them.  (Szaka)
 
 27/02/2006 - 1.13.0 - Lots and lots and lots of fixes and enhancements.
 
diff --git a/include/ntfs/inode.h b/include/ntfs/inode.h
index b8bc5a71..032d0216 100644
--- a/include/ntfs/inode.h
+++ b/include/ntfs/inode.h
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ extern int ntfs_inode_add_attrlist(ntfs_inode *ni);
 
 extern int ntfs_inode_free_space(ntfs_inode *ni, int size);
 
+extern int ntfs_inode_badclus_bad(u64 mft_no, ATTR_RECORD *a);
+
 #ifdef NTFS_RICH
 
 int ntfs_inode_close2(ntfs_inode *ni);
diff --git a/libntfs/inode.c b/libntfs/inode.c
index ca9d77f7..2fef1f6a 100644
--- a/libntfs/inode.c
+++ b/libntfs/inode.c
@@ -1105,6 +1105,50 @@ void ntfs_inode_update_time(ntfs_inode *ni)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * ntfs_inode_badclus_bad - check for $Badclus:$Bad data attribute
+ * @mft_no:		mft record number where @attr is present
+ * @attr:		attribute record used to check for the $Bad attribute
+ *
+ * Check if the mft record given by @mft_no and @attr contains the bad sector
+ * list. Please note that mft record numbers describing $Badclus extent inodes
+ * will not match the current $Badclus:$Bad check.
+ * 
+ * On success return 1 if the file is $Badclus:$Bad, otherwise return 0.
+ * On error return -1 with errno set to the error code.
+ */
+int ntfs_inode_badclus_bad(u64 mft_no, ATTR_RECORD *attr)
+{
+	int len, ret = 0;
+	ntfschar *ustr;
+
+	if (!attr) {
+		ntfs_log_error("Invalid argument.\n");
+		errno = EINVAL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	
+	if (mft_no != FILE_BadClus)
+	       	return 0;
+
+	if (attr->type != AT_DATA)
+	       	return 0;
+
+	if ((ustr = ntfs_str2ucs("$Bad", &len)) == NULL) {
+		ntfs_log_perror("Couldn't convert '$Bad' to Unicode");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (ustr && ntfs_names_are_equal(ustr, len,
+			(ntfschar *)((u8 *)attr + le16_to_cpu(attr->name_offset)),
+			attr->name_length, 0, NULL, 0))
+		ret = 1;
+
+	ntfs_ucsfree(ustr);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #ifdef NTFS_RICH
 
 #include "rich.h"
diff --git a/ntfsprogs/ntfsresize.c b/ntfsprogs/ntfsresize.c
index 62e5657f..58758f12 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/ntfsresize.c
+++ b/ntfsprogs/ntfsresize.c
@@ -638,29 +638,6 @@ static s64 nr_clusters_to_bitmap_byte_size(s64 nr_clusters)
 	return bm_bsize;
 }
 
-static int is_badclus_bad(u64 mft_no, ATTR_RECORD *a)
-{
-	int len, ret = 0;
-	ntfschar *ustr;
-
-	if (mft_no != FILE_BadClus)
-	       	return 0;
-
-	if ((ustr = ntfs_str2ucs("$Bad", &len)) == NULL) {
-		perr_printf("Couldn't convert '$Bad' to Unicode");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (ustr && ntfs_names_are_equal(ustr, len,
-			(ntfschar *)((u8 *)a + le16_to_cpu(a->name_offset)),
-			a->name_length, 0, NULL, 0))
-		ret = 1;
-
-	ntfs_ucsfree(ustr);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static void collect_resize_constraints(ntfs_resize_t *resize, runlist *rl)
 {
 	s64 inode, last_lcn;
@@ -675,9 +652,9 @@ static void collect_resize_constraints(ntfs_resize_t *resize, runlist *rl)
 	flags = resize->ctx->attr->flags;
 	atype = resize->ctx->attr->type;
 
-	if ((ret = is_badclus_bad(inode, resize->ctx->attr)) != 0) {
+	if ((ret = ntfs_inode_badclus_bad(inode, resize->ctx->attr)) != 0) {
 		if (ret == -1)
-			exit(1);
+			perr_exit("Bad sector list check failed");
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1679,9 +1656,9 @@ static void relocate_attributes(ntfs_resize_t *resize, int do_mftdata)
 		if (handle_mftdata(resize, do_mftdata) == 0)
 			continue;
 
-		ret = is_badclus_bad(resize->mref, resize->ctx->attr);
+		ret = ntfs_inode_badclus_bad(resize->mref, resize->ctx->attr);
 		if (ret == -1)
-			exit(1);
+			perr_exit("Bad sector list check failed");
 		else if (ret == 1)
 			continue;