diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 0441e05..e79bd32 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -230,6 +230,27 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
+static int
+__xattr_check_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header *header,
+			 void *end, const char *function, unsigned int line)
+{
+	struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry = IFIRST(header);
+	int error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+
+	if (((void *) header >= end) ||
+	    (header->h_magic != le32_to_cpu(EXT4_XATTR_MAGIC)))
+		goto errout;
+	error = ext4_xattr_check_names(entry, end, entry);
+errout:
+	if (error)
+		__ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+				   "corrupted in-inode xattr");
+	return error;
+}
+
+#define xattr_check_inode(inode, header, end) \
+	__xattr_check_inode((inode), (header), (end), __func__, __LINE__)
+
 static inline int
 ext4_xattr_check_entry(struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry, size_t size)
 {
@@ -341,7 +362,7 @@
 	header = IHDR(inode, raw_inode);
 	entry = IFIRST(header);
 	end = (void *)raw_inode + EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
-	error = ext4_xattr_check_names(entry, end, entry);
+	error = xattr_check_inode(inode, header, end);
 	if (error)
 		goto cleanup;
 	error = ext4_xattr_find_entry(&entry, name_index, name,
@@ -477,7 +498,7 @@
 	raw_inode = ext4_raw_inode(&iloc);
 	header = IHDR(inode, raw_inode);
 	end = (void *)raw_inode + EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
-	error = ext4_xattr_check_names(IFIRST(header), end, IFIRST(header));
+	error = xattr_check_inode(inode, header, end);
 	if (error)
 		goto cleanup;
 	error = ext4_xattr_list_entries(dentry, IFIRST(header),
@@ -1040,8 +1061,7 @@
 	is->s.here = is->s.first;
 	is->s.end = (void *)raw_inode + EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
 	if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_XATTR)) {
-		error = ext4_xattr_check_names(IFIRST(header), is->s.end,
-					       IFIRST(header));
+		error = xattr_check_inode(inode, header, is->s.end);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 		/* Find the named attribute. */
@@ -1356,6 +1376,10 @@
 	last = entry;
 	total_ino = sizeof(struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header);
 
+	error = xattr_check_inode(inode, header, end);
+	if (error)
+		goto cleanup;
+
 	free = ext4_xattr_free_space(last, &min_offs, base, &total_ino);
 	if (free >= new_extra_isize) {
 		entry = IFIRST(header);