diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 58b0f1b12095..646cc1935dff 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *__ext4_read_dirblock(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ext4_dir_entry *dirent;
 	int is_dx_block = 0;
 
-	if (block >= inode->i_size) {
+	if (block >= inode->i_size >> inode->i_blkbits) {
 		ext4_error_inode(inode, func, line, block,
 		       "Attempting to read directory block (%u) that is past i_size (%llu)",
 		       block, inode->i_size);