diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 4183a4cb4a21e3e46a610acb59848e2f87bd2d3e..be8136aafa22cae12325354f82bb9b35a2242531 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2259,8 +2259,16 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
 	memset(de, 0, len); /* wipe old data */
 	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) data2;
 	top = data2 + len;
-	while ((char *)(de2 = ext4_next_entry(de, blocksize)) < top)
+	while ((char *)(de2 = ext4_next_entry(de, blocksize)) < top) {
+		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL, de, bh2, data2, len,
+					 (data2 + (blocksize - csum_size) -
+					  (char *) de))) {
+			brelse(bh2);
+			brelse(bh);
+			return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		}
 		de = de2;
+	}
 	de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(data2 + (blocksize - csum_size) -
 					   (char *) de, blocksize);