diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index aafc9eb..b0c87dc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
 {
 	unsigned len = le16_to_cpu(dlen);
 
-	if (len == EXT4_MAX_REC_LEN)
+	if (len == EXT4_MAX_REC_LEN || len == 0)
 		return 1 << 16;
 	return len;
 }