diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
index 8ecf84b8f5a1..a284fb28944b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ struct ext4_extent_header {
 };
 
 #define EXT4_EXT_MAGIC		cpu_to_le16(0xf30a)
+#define EXT4_MAX_EXTENT_DEPTH 5
 
 #define EXT4_EXTENT_TAIL_OFFSET(hdr) \
 	(sizeof(struct ext4_extent_header) + \
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 883e89a903d1..5592b7726241 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -881,6 +881,12 @@ ext4_find_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
 
 	eh = ext_inode_hdr(inode);
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
+	if (depth < 0 || depth > EXT4_MAX_EXTENT_DEPTH) {
+		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "inode has invalid extent depth: %d",
+				 depth);
+		ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		goto err;
+	}
 
 	if (path) {
 		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);