diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 636c3222c2308bc77c24bf2099ba26c3b6e5e676..5f937226976a621c55c497155db5f5b0a0072ae5 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ static struct dentry *ubifs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (nm.hash) {
 		ubifs_assert(c, fname_len(&nm) == 0);
 		ubifs_assert(c, fname_name(&nm) == NULL);
+		if (nm.hash & ~UBIFS_S_KEY_HASH_MASK)
+			goto done; /* ENOENT */
 		dent_key_init_hash(c, &key, dir->i_ino, nm.hash);
 		err = ubifs_tnc_lookup_dh(c, &key, dent, nm.minor_hash);
 	} else {