diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 0f49bf547b848..30add5a3df3df 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -459,6 +459,10 @@ static int __ext4_ext_check(const char *function, unsigned int line,
 		error_msg = "invalid eh_entries";
 		goto corrupted;
 	}
+	if (unlikely((eh->eh_entries == 0) && (depth > 0))) {
+		error_msg = "eh_entries is 0 but eh_depth is > 0";
+		goto corrupted;
+	}
 	if (!ext4_valid_extent_entries(inode, eh, lblk, &pblk, depth)) {
 		error_msg = "invalid extent entries";
 		goto corrupted;