diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index a630b27a4cc6..6917c1de8f41 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2217,6 +2217,52 @@ static int add_dirent_to_buf(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
 	return err ? err : err2;
 }
 
+static bool ext4_check_dx_root(struct inode *dir, struct dx_root *root)
+{
+	struct fake_dirent *fde;
+	const char *error_msg;
+	unsigned int rlen;
+	unsigned int blocksize = dir->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	char *blockend = (char *)root + dir->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+
+	fde = &root->dot;
+	if (unlikely(fde->name_len != 1)) {
+		error_msg = "invalid name_len for '.'";
+		goto corrupted;
+	}
+	if (unlikely(strncmp(root->dot_name, ".", fde->name_len))) {
+		error_msg = "invalid name for '.'";
+		goto corrupted;
+	}
+	rlen = ext4_rec_len_from_disk(fde->rec_len, blocksize);
+	if (unlikely((char *)fde + rlen >= blockend)) {
+		error_msg = "invalid rec_len for '.'";
+		goto corrupted;
+	}
+
+	fde = &root->dotdot;
+	if (unlikely(fde->name_len != 2)) {
+		error_msg = "invalid name_len for '..'";
+		goto corrupted;
+	}
+	if (unlikely(strncmp(root->dotdot_name, "..", fde->name_len))) {
+		error_msg = "invalid name for '..'";
+		goto corrupted;
+	}
+	rlen = ext4_rec_len_from_disk(fde->rec_len, blocksize);
+	if (unlikely((char *)fde + rlen >= blockend)) {
+		error_msg = "invalid rec_len for '..'";
+		goto corrupted;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+
+corrupted:
+	EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir, "Corrupt dir, %s, running e2fsck is recommended",
+			 error_msg);
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * This converts a one block unindexed directory to a 3 block indexed
  * directory, and adds the dentry to the indexed directory.
@@ -2251,17 +2297,17 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
 		brelse(bh);
 		return retval;
 	}
+
 	root = (struct dx_root *) bh->b_data;
+	if (!ext4_check_dx_root(dir, root)) {
+		brelse(bh);
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+	}
 
 	/* The 0th block becomes the root, move the dirents out */
 	fde = &root->dotdot;
 	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)((char *)fde +
 		ext4_rec_len_from_disk(fde->rec_len, blocksize));
-	if ((char *) de >= (((char *) root) + blocksize)) {
-		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir, "invalid rec_len for '..'");
-		brelse(bh);
-		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
-	}
 	len = ((char *) root) + (blocksize - csum_size) - (char *) de;
 
 	/* Allocate new block for the 0th block's dirents */