diff --git a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
index 52615e6090e1..6480cd2d371d 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
@@ -594,10 +594,11 @@ static int ntfs_attr_find(const ATTR_TYPE type, const ntfschar *name,
 	for (;;	a = (ATTR_RECORD*)((u8*)a + le32_to_cpu(a->length))) {
 		u8 *mrec_end = (u8 *)ctx->mrec +
 		               le32_to_cpu(ctx->mrec->bytes_allocated);
+		if ((u8*)a < (u8*)ctx->mrec || (u8*)a > mrec_end)
+			break;
 		u8 *name_end = (u8 *)a + le16_to_cpu(a->name_offset) +
 			       a->name_length * sizeof(ntfschar);
-		if ((u8*)a < (u8*)ctx->mrec || (u8*)a > mrec_end ||
-		    name_end > mrec_end)
+		if (name_end > mrec_end)
 			break;
 		ctx->attr = a;
 		if (unlikely(le32_to_cpu(a->type) > le32_to_cpu(type) ||