diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 86fe0e76cdf0..3060d2e9ba0f 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -321,6 +321,12 @@ static bool ceph_netfs_issue_op_inline(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if (subreq->start >= iinfo->inline_len) {
+		ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
+		err = -ENODATA;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	len = min_t(size_t, iinfo->inline_len - subreq->start, subreq->len);
 	err = copy_to_iter(iinfo->inline_data + subreq->start, len, &subreq->io_iter);
 	if (err == 0) {