diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 1b094a4f3866..4ef48e5b7d7e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1602,6 +1602,13 @@ struct buffer_head *ext4_find_inline_entry(struct inode *dir,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (EXT4_INODE_HAS_XATTR_SPACE(dir)) {
+		ret = xattr_check_inode(dir, IHDR(dir, ext4_raw_inode(&is.iloc)),
+					ITAIL(dir, ext4_raw_inode(&is.iloc)));
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	inline_start = (void *)ext4_raw_inode(&is.iloc)->i_block +
 						EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE;
 	inline_size = EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE - EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE;