diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 5b680deb1c9b..ce7253b3f549 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ check_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh,
 			err_str = "invalid ea_ino";
 			goto errout;
 		}
+		if (ea_ino && !size) {
+			err_str = "invalid size in ea xattr";
+			goto errout;
+		}
 		if (size > EXT4_XATTR_SIZE_MAX) {
 			err_str = "e_value size too large";
 			goto errout;