diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 3983bc455d02..13b7fa4cbf16 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1426,6 +1426,9 @@ static int ext4_xattr_value_same(struct ext4_xattr_search *s,
 {
 	void *value;
 
+	/* When e_value_inum is set the value is stored externally. */
+	if (s->here->e_value_inum)
+		return 0;
 	if (le32_to_cpu(s->here->e_value_size) != i->value_len)
 		return 0;
 	value = ((void *)s->base) + le16_to_cpu(s->here->e_value_offs);