diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 1b094a4f3866..7d46e1e16b52 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1593,6 +1593,13 @@ struct buffer_head *ext4_find_inline_entry(struct inode *dir,
 
 	down_read(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem);
 
+	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;
+	}
+
 	ret = ext4_xattr_ibody_find(dir, &i, &is);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;