diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
index c27b4fe57513..bdc931990d2c 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
@@ -679,9 +679,13 @@ static struct NTFS_DE *hdr_find_e(const struct ntfs_index *indx,
 	u32 e_size, e_key_len;
 	u32 end = le32_to_cpu(hdr->used);
 	u32 off = le32_to_cpu(hdr->de_off);
+	u32 total = le32_to_cpu(hdr->total);
 	u16 offs[128];
 
 fill_table:
+	if (end > total)
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (off + sizeof(struct NTFS_DE) > end)
 		return NULL;