diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 1594687582f0..9193dbea5728 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ static int bin_search_in_dir_item(struct reiserfs_dir_entry *de, loff_t off)
 
 	lbound = 0;
 	rbound = ih_entry_count(ih) - 1;
+	if (ih_item_len(ih) < (ih_entry_count(ih) * IH_SIZE))
+		goto out;
 
 	for (j = (rbound + lbound) / 2; lbound <= rbound;
 	     j = (rbound + lbound) / 2) {
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ static int bin_search_in_dir_item(struct reiserfs_dir_entry *de, loff_t off)
 		return NAME_FOUND;
 	}
 
+out:
 	de->de_entry_num = lbound;
 	return NAME_NOT_FOUND;
 }