diff --git a/fs/squashfs/inode.c b/fs/squashfs/inode.c
index 16bd693d0b3a..6c5dd225482f 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/inode.c
@@ -287,6 +287,11 @@ int squashfs_read_inode(struct inode *inode, long long ino)
 		inode->i_mode |= S_IFLNK;
 		squashfs_i(inode)->start = block;
 		squashfs_i(inode)->offset = offset;
+		if ((int)inode->i_size < 0) {
+			ERROR("Wrong i_size %d!\n", inode->i_size);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
 
 		if (type == SQUASHFS_LSYMLINK_TYPE) {
 			__le32 xattr;