diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index a9fd5f4..daf8260 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1330,6 +1330,12 @@
 			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir, "bad inode number: %u", ino);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 		}
+		if (unlikely(ino == dir->i_ino)) {
+			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir, "'%.*s' linked to parent dir",
+					 dentry->d_name.len,
+					 dentry->d_name.name);
+			return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+		}
 		inode = ext4_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
 		if (inode == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)) {
 			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir,