diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 8aea94c90739..35c0cc2a51af 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_find_entry(struct inode *inode, int name_index,
 {
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *entry;
 	size_t name_len;
-	int i, cmp = 1;
+	int i, name_offset, cmp = 1;
 
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1083,10 +1083,15 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_find_entry(struct inode *inode, int name_index,
 		cmp = name_index - ocfs2_xattr_get_type(entry);
 		if (!cmp)
 			cmp = name_len - entry->xe_name_len;
-		if (!cmp)
-			cmp = memcmp(name, (xs->base +
-				     le16_to_cpu(entry->xe_name_offset)),
-				     name_len);
+		if (!cmp) {
+			name_offset = le16_to_cpu(entry->xe_name_offset);
+			if ((xs->base + name_offset + name_len) > xs->end) {
+				ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+					    "corrupted xattr entries");
+				return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+			}
+			cmp = memcmp(name, (xs->base + name_offset), name_len);
+		}
 		if (cmp == 0)
 			break;
 		entry += 1;