diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index db0f1995aedd..08c659332e26 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -1829,6 +1829,13 @@ int ntfs_read_inode_mount(struct inode *vi)
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
+	/* Sanity check offset to the first attribute */
+	if (le16_to_cpu(m->attrs_offset) >= le32_to_cpu(m->bytes_allocated)) {
+		ntfs_error(sb, "Incorrect mft offset to the first attribute %u in superblock.",
+			       le16_to_cpu(m->attrs_offset));
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
 	/* Need this to sanity check attribute list references to $MFT. */
 	vi->i_generation = ni->seq_no = le16_to_cpu(m->sequence_number);