diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 48b092bc83d4..0fcaa0e90747 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -778,6 +778,14 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_lookup_rec(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec = NULL;
 
+	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_count) !=
+	    ocfs2_extent_recs_per_dx_root(inode->i_sb)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				  "Inode %lu has invalid extent list length %u\n",
+				  inode->i_ino, le16_to_cpu(el->l_count));
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (el->l_tree_depth) {
 		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(INODE_CACHE(inode), el, major_hash,
 				      &eb_bh);