diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index c7c8c16ccd93..9bc50eef6127 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ ext4_xattr_check_entries(struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry, void *end,
 		struct ext4_xattr_entry *next = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(e);
 		if ((void *)next >= end)
 			return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		if (strnlen(e->e_name, e->e_name_len) != e->e_name_len)
+			return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 		e = next;
 	}