diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index 8e07d2a5a139..7c9d08b0f2fe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static int is_dx_dir(struct inode *inode)
 int __ext4_check_dir_entry(const char *function, unsigned int line,
 			   struct inode *dir, struct file *filp,
 			   struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de,
-			   struct buffer_head *bh,
+			   struct buffer_head *bh, char *buf, int size,
 			   unsigned int offset)
 {
 	const char *error_msg = NULL;
@@ -85,9 +85,8 @@ int __ext4_check_dir_entry(const char *function, unsigned int line,
 		error_msg = "rec_len % 4 != 0";
 	else if (unlikely(rlen < EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len)))
 		error_msg = "rec_len is too small for name_len";
-	else if (unlikely(((char *) de - bh->b_data) + rlen >
-			  dir->i_sb->s_blocksize))
-		error_msg = "directory entry across blocks";
+	else if (unlikely(((char *) de - buf) + rlen > size))
+		error_msg = "directory entry across range";
 	else if (unlikely(le32_to_cpu(de->inode) >
 			le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(dir->i_sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count)))
 		error_msg = "inode out of bounds";
@@ -98,14 +97,14 @@ int __ext4_check_dir_entry(const char *function, unsigned int line,
 		ext4_error_file(filp, function, line, bh->b_blocknr,
 				"bad entry in directory: %s - offset=%u(%u), "
 				"inode=%u, rec_len=%d, name_len=%d",
-				error_msg, (unsigned) (offset % bh->b_size),
+				error_msg, (unsigned) (offset % size),
 				offset, le32_to_cpu(de->inode),
 				rlen, de->name_len);
 	else
 		ext4_error_inode(dir, function, line, bh->b_blocknr,
 				"bad entry in directory: %s - offset=%u(%u), "
 				"inode=%u, rec_len=%d, name_len=%d",
-				error_msg, (unsigned) (offset % bh->b_size),
+				error_msg, (unsigned) (offset % size),
 				offset, le32_to_cpu(de->inode),
 				rlen, de->name_len);
 
@@ -221,8 +220,9 @@ revalidate:
 		while (!error && filp->f_pos < inode->i_size
 		       && offset < sb->s_blocksize) {
 			de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) (bh->b_data + offset);
-			if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, filp, de,
-						 bh, offset)) {
+			if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, filp, de, bh,
+						 bh->b_data, bh->b_size,
+						 offset)) {
 				/*
 				 * On error, skip the f_pos to the next block
 				 */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index cf840146ce81..59cbf498fd5f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1960,10 +1960,11 @@ ext4_fsblk_t ext4_inode_to_goal_block(struct inode *);
 extern int __ext4_check_dir_entry(const char *, unsigned int, struct inode *,
 				  struct file *,
 				  struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *,
-				  struct buffer_head *, unsigned int);
-#define ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, filp, de, bh, offset)			\
+				  struct buffer_head *, char *, int,
+				  unsigned int);
+#define ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, filp, de, bh, buf, size, offset)	\
 	unlikely(__ext4_check_dir_entry(__func__, __LINE__, (dir), (filp), \
-					(de), (bh), (offset)))
+					(de), (bh), (buf), (size), (offset)))
 extern int ext4_htree_store_dirent(struct file *dir_file, __u32 hash,
 				    __u32 minor_hash,
 				    struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *dirent);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index edb9f10c1455..10da2d50a5d8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ static int htree_dirblock_to_tree(struct file *dir_file,
 					   EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(0));
 	for (; de < top; de = ext4_next_entry(de, dir->i_sb->s_blocksize)) {
 		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL, de, bh,
+				bh->b_data, bh->b_size,
 				(block<<EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(dir->i_sb))
 					 + ((char *)de - bh->b_data))) {
 			/* On error, skip the f_pos to the next block. */
@@ -1130,7 +1131,8 @@ static inline int search_dirblock(struct buffer_head *bh,
 		if ((char *) de + namelen <= dlimit &&
 		    ext4_match (namelen, name, de)) {
 			/* found a match - just to be sure, do a full check */
-			if (ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL, de, bh, offset))
+			if (ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL, de, bh, bh->b_data,
+						 bh->b_size, offset))
 				return -1;
 			*res_dir = de;
 			return 1;
@@ -1643,7 +1645,8 @@ static int add_dirent_to_buf(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 		de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)bh->b_data;
 		top = bh->b_data + (blocksize - csum_size) - reclen;
 		while ((char *) de <= top) {
-			if (ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL, de, bh, offset))
+			if (ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL, de, bh, bh->b_data,
+						 bh->b_size, offset))
 				return -EIO;
 			if (ext4_match(namelen, name, de))
 				return -EEXIST;
@@ -2076,7 +2079,8 @@ static int ext4_delete_entry(handle_t *handle,
 	pde = NULL;
 	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
 	while (i < bh->b_size - csum_size) {
-		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL, de, bh, i))
+		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL, de, bh,
+					 bh->b_data, bh->b_size, i))
 			return -EIO;
 		if (de == de_del)  {
 			BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "get_write_access");
@@ -2439,7 +2443,8 @@ static int empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 			set_buffer_verified(bh);
 			de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
 		}
-		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, NULL, de, bh, offset)) {
+		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, NULL, de, bh,
+					 bh->b_data, bh->b_size, offset)) {
 			de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)(bh->b_data +
 							 sb->s_blocksize);
 			offset = (offset | (sb->s_blocksize - 1)) + 1;