diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 86245e27be18..aff82042e3f8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4939,7 +4939,8 @@ struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 		ei->i_file_acl |=
 			((__u64)le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_file_acl_high)) << 32;
 	inode->i_size = ext4_isize(sb, raw_inode);
-	if ((size = i_size_read(inode)) < 0) {
+	size = i_size_read(inode);
+	if (size < 0 || size > ext4_get_maxbytes(inode)) {
 		ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
 				 "iget: bad i_size value: %lld", size);
 		ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;