diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 47ea35e98ffe9..81a7c0f3b40c7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3500,6 +3500,9 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext4_get_first_dir_block(handle_t *handle,
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 
 	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+		struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
+		unsigned int offset;
+
 		/* The first directory block must not be a hole, so
 		 * treat it as DIRENT_HTREE
 		 */
@@ -3508,9 +3511,30 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext4_get_first_dir_block(handle_t *handle,
 			*retval = PTR_ERR(bh);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		*parent_de = ext4_next_entry(
-					(struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)bh->b_data,
-					inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+
+		de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
+		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, NULL, de, bh, bh->b_data,
+					 bh->b_size, 0) ||
+		    le32_to_cpu(de->inode) != inode->i_ino ||
+		    strcmp(".", de->name)) {
+			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "directory missing '.'");
+			brelse(bh);
+			*retval = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		offset = ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
+						inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+		de = ext4_next_entry(de, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, NULL, de, bh, bh->b_data,
+					 bh->b_size, offset) ||
+		    le32_to_cpu(de->inode) == 0 || strcmp("..", de->name)) {
+			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "directory missing '..'");
+			brelse(bh);
+			*retval = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		*parent_de = de;
+
 		return bh;
 	}