diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 2f258c68d3e021..d7ccb7f51dfca6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -478,6 +478,10 @@ static int __ext4_ext_check(const char *function, unsigned int line,
 		error_msg = "invalid extent entries";
 		goto corrupted;
 	}
+	if (unlikely(depth > 32)) {
+		error_msg = "too large eh_depth";
+		goto corrupted;
+	}
 	/* Verify checksum on non-root extent tree nodes */
 	if (ext_depth(inode) != depth &&
 	    !ext4_extent_block_csum_verify(inode, eh)) {