diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index 9fdd2b269d61..6305d5ec25af 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ int __ext4_check_dir_entry(const char *function, unsigned int line,
 		error_msg = "rec_len is too small for name_len";
 	else if (unlikely(((char *) de - buf) + rlen > size))
 		error_msg = "directory entry overrun";
+	else if (unlikely(((char *) de - buf) + rlen >
+			  size - EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(1) &&
+			  ((char *) de - buf) + rlen != size)) {
+		error_msg = "directory entry too close to block end";
+	}
 	else if (unlikely(le32_to_cpu(de->inode) >
 			le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(dir->i_sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count)))
 		error_msg = "inode out of bounds";