diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c
index 7c01735d1219..48e7da47c6b7 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrlist.c
@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@ struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY *al_enumerate(struct ntfs_inode *ni,
 {
 	size_t off;
 	u16 sz;
+	const unsigned le_min_size = le_size(0);
 
 	if (!le) {
 		le = ni->attr_list.le;
 	} else {
 		sz = le16_to_cpu(le->size);
-		if (sz < sizeof(struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY)) {
+		if (sz < le_min_size) {
 			/* Impossible 'cause we should not return such le. */
 			return NULL;
 		}
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY *al_enumerate(struct ntfs_inode *ni,
 
 	/* Check boundary. */
 	off = PtrOffset(ni->attr_list.le, le);
-	if (off + sizeof(struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY) > ni->attr_list.size) {
+	if (off + le_min_size > ni->attr_list.size) {
 		/* The regular end of list. */
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -149,8 +150,7 @@ struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY *al_enumerate(struct ntfs_inode *ni,
 	sz = le16_to_cpu(le->size);
 
 	/* Check le for errors. */
-	if (sz < sizeof(struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY) ||
-	    off + sz > ni->attr_list.size ||
+	if (sz < le_min_size || off + sz > ni->attr_list.size ||
 	    sz < le->name_off + le->name_len * sizeof(short)) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs.h b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs.h
index 13e96fc63dae..f61f5b3adb03 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs.h
@@ -527,8 +527,6 @@ struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY {
 
 }; // sizeof(0x20)
 
-static_assert(sizeof(struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY) == 0x20);
-
 static inline u32 le_size(u8 name_len)
 {
 	return ALIGN(offsetof(struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY, name) +