diff --git a/fs/squashfs/dir.c b/fs/squashfs/dir.c
index bd7155b..d8c2d74 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/dir.c
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	u64 block = squashfs_i(inode)->start + msblk->directory_table;
-	int offset = squashfs_i(inode)->offset, length, type, err;
-	unsigned int inode_number, dir_count, size;
+	int offset = squashfs_i(inode)->offset, length, err;
+	unsigned int inode_number, dir_count, size, type;
 	struct squashfs_dir_header dirh;
 	struct squashfs_dir_entry *dire;
 
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@
 				((short) le16_to_cpu(dire->inode_number));
 			type = le16_to_cpu(dire->type);
 
+			if (type > SQUASHFS_MAX_DIR_TYPE)
+				goto failed_read;
+
 			if (!dir_emit(ctx, dire->name, size,
 					inode_number,
 					squashfs_filetype_table[type]))