diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 7bf9ba19a89d..c6205b405efe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ check_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh,
 	/* Find the end of the names list */
 	while (!IS_LAST_ENTRY(e)) {
 		struct ext4_xattr_entry *next = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(e);
-		if ((void *)next >= end) {
+		if ((void *)next + sizeof(u32) > end) {
 			err_str = "e_name out of bounds";
 			goto errout;
 		}