diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 3d7a35d6a18b..c4c056ffafde 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ static int bin_search_in_dir_item(struct reiserfs_dir_entry *de, loff_t off)
 	int rbound, lbound, j;
 
 	lbound = 0;
-	rbound = ih_entry_count(ih) - 1;
+	if (ih_location(ih) + ih_entry_count(ih) * IH_SIZE >=
+	    de->de_bh->b_size)
+		rbound = (de->de_bh->b_size - ih_location(ih)) / IH_SIZE - 1;
+	else
+		rbound = ih_entry_count(ih) - 1;
 
 	for (j = (rbound + lbound) / 2; lbound <= rbound;
 	     j = (rbound + lbound) / 2) {