diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
index 76ebea253fa25..99f8a57e9f7a9 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
@@ -1017,6 +1017,12 @@ int indx_read(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni, CLST vbn,
 		err = 0;
 	}
 
+	/* check for index header length */
+	if (offsetof(struct INDEX_BUFFER, ihdr) + ib->ihdr.used > bytes) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	in->index = ib;
 	*node = in;