diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/extents.c b/fs/bcachefs/extents.c
index b0226118077a..4e44234a2b2c 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/extents.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/extents.c
@@ -1078,6 +1078,7 @@ int bch2_bkey_ptrs_invalid(const struct bch_fs *c, struct bkey_s_c k,
 	struct bch_extent_crc_unpacked crc;
 	unsigned size_ondisk = k.k->size;
 	unsigned nonce = UINT_MAX;
+	unsigned nr_ptrs = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (bkey_is_btree_ptr(k.k))
@@ -1102,6 +1103,7 @@ int bch2_bkey_ptrs_invalid(const struct bch_fs *c, struct bkey_s_c k,
 						 false, err);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
+			nr_ptrs++;
 			break;
 		case BCH_EXTENT_ENTRY_crc32:
 		case BCH_EXTENT_ENTRY_crc64:
@@ -1140,6 +1142,11 @@ int bch2_bkey_ptrs_invalid(const struct bch_fs *c, struct bkey_s_c k,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (nr_ptrs >= BCH_BKEY_PTRS_MAX) {
+		prt_str(err, "too many ptrs");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }