diff --git a/fs/quota/quota_tree.c b/fs/quota/quota_tree.c
index 833cd3e3758b..ae2ed96d4847 100644
--- a/fs/quota/quota_tree.c
+++ b/fs/quota/quota_tree.c
@@ -79,6 +79,35 @@ static ssize_t write_blk(struct qtree_mem_dqinfo *info, uint blk, char *buf)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline int do_check_range(struct super_block *sb, const char *val_name,
+				 uint val, uint min_val, uint max_val)
+{
+	if (val < min_val || val > max_val) {
+		quota_error(sb, "Getting %s %u out of range %u-%u",
+			    val_name, val, min_val, max_val);
+		return -EUCLEAN;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int check_dquot_block_header(struct qtree_mem_dqinfo *info,
+				    struct qt_disk_dqdbheader *dh)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	err = do_check_range(info->dqi_sb, "dqdh_next_free",
+			     le32_to_cpu(dh->dqdh_next_free), 0,
+			     info->dqi_blocks - 1);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	err = do_check_range(info->dqi_sb, "dqdh_prev_free",
+			     le32_to_cpu(dh->dqdh_prev_free), 0,
+			     info->dqi_blocks - 1);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 /* Remove empty block from list and return it */
 static int get_free_dqblk(struct qtree_mem_dqinfo *info)
 {
@@ -93,6 +122,9 @@ static int get_free_dqblk(struct qtree_mem_dqinfo *info)
 		ret = read_blk(info, blk, buf);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out_buf;
+		ret = check_dquot_block_header(info, dh);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_buf;
 		info->dqi_free_blk = le32_to_cpu(dh->dqdh_next_free);
 	}
 	else {
@@ -240,6 +272,9 @@ static uint find_free_dqentry(struct qtree_mem_dqinfo *info,
 		*err = read_blk(info, blk, buf);
 		if (*err < 0)
 			goto out_buf;
+		*err = check_dquot_block_header(info, dh);
+		if (*err)
+			goto out_buf;
 	} else {
 		blk = get_free_dqblk(info);
 		if ((int)blk < 0) {
@@ -432,6 +467,9 @@ static int free_dqentry(struct qtree_mem_dqinfo *info, struct dquot *dquot,
 		goto out_buf;
 	}
 	dh = (struct qt_disk_dqdbheader *)buf;
+	ret = check_dquot_block_header(info, dh);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_buf;
 	le16_add_cpu(&dh->dqdh_entries, -1);
 	if (!le16_to_cpu(dh->dqdh_entries)) {	/* Block got free? */
 		ret = remove_free_dqentry(info, buf, blk);