diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index 69bd801afb53..37e49cb2ac4c 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static int nilfs_valid_sb(struct nilfs_super_block *sbp)
 	if (!sbp || le16_to_cpu(sbp->s_magic) != NILFS_SUPER_MAGIC)
 		return 0;
 	bytes = le16_to_cpu(sbp->s_bytes);
-	if (bytes > BLOCK_SIZE)
+	if (bytes < sumoff + 4 || bytes > BLOCK_SIZE)
 		return 0;
 	crc = crc32_le(le32_to_cpu(sbp->s_crc_seed), (unsigned char *)sbp,
 		       sumoff);