diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index bacc667..c0c845d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -808,6 +808,17 @@ int f2fs_fill_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx, struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
 		de_name.name = d->filename[bit_pos];
 		de_name.len = le16_to_cpu(de->name_len);
 
+		/* check memory boundary before moving forward */
+		bit_pos += GET_DENTRY_SLOTS(le16_to_cpu(de->name_len));
+		if (unlikely(bit_pos > d->max)) {
+			f2fs_msg(sbi->sb, KERN_WARNING,
+				"%s: corrupted namelen=%d, run fsck to fix.",
+				__func__, le16_to_cpu(de->name_len));
+			set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		if (f2fs_encrypted_inode(d->inode)) {
 			int save_len = fstr->len;
 
@@ -830,7 +841,6 @@ int f2fs_fill_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx, struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
 		if (readdir_ra)
 			f2fs_ra_node_page(sbi, le32_to_cpu(de->ino));
 
-		bit_pos += GET_DENTRY_SLOTS(le16_to_cpu(de->name_len));
 		ctx->pos = start_pos + bit_pos;
 	}
 out: