diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 58887456e3c5..06af21982c16 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1787,6 +1787,14 @@ int ocfs2_remove_inode_range(struct inode *inode,
 		return 0;
 
 	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+		int id_count = ocfs2_max_inline_data_with_xattr(inode->i_sb, di);
+
+		if (byte_start > id_count || byte_start + byte_len > id_count) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		ret = ocfs2_truncate_inline(inode, di_bh, byte_start,
 					    byte_start + byte_len, 0);
 		if (ret) {