diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 60e122761352..f3da1f2d4cb9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -386,6 +386,17 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_iget(struct inode *parent, unsigned long ea_ino,
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int err;
 
+	/*
+	 * We have to check for this corruption early as otherwise
+	 * iget_locked() could wait indefinitely for the state of our
+	 * parent inode.
+	 */
+	if (parent->i_ino == ea_ino) {
+		ext4_error(parent->i_sb,
+			   "Parent and EA inode have the same ino %lu", ea_ino);
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+	}
+
 	inode = ext4_iget(parent->i_sb, ea_ino, EXT4_IGET_NORMAL);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);