diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 4eec399ec807..c6ae6fab99be 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ ext4_xattr_get(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
 {
 	int error;
 
+	if (strlen(name) > 255)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
 	down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 	error = ext4_xattr_ibody_get(inode, name_index, name, buffer,
 				     buffer_size);