diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index 6c3f38d66579..2ee100a7df32 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -1077,6 +1077,17 @@ static int ntfs_read_locked_inode(struct inode *vi)
 					goto unm_err_out;
 				}
 				if (a->data.non_resident.compression_unit) {
+					if(a->data.non_resident.compression_unit + 
+						vol->cluster_size_bits > 32) {
+							ntfs_error(vi->i_sb, "Found "
+								"non-standard "
+								"compression unit (%u).   "
+								"Cannot handle this.",
+								a->data.non_resident.
+								compression_unit);
+							err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+							goto unm_err_out;
+						}
 					ni->itype.compressed.block_size = 1U <<
 							(a->data.non_resident.
 							compression_unit +