diff --git a/block/partitions/mac.c b/block/partitions/mac.c
index c2c48ec..621317a 100644
--- a/block/partitions/mac.c
+++ b/block/partitions/mac.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	Sector sect;
 	unsigned char *data;
 	int slot, blocks_in_map;
-	unsigned secsize;
+	unsigned secsize, datasize, partoffset;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PMAC
 	int found_root = 0;
 	int found_root_goodness = 0;
@@ -50,10 +50,14 @@
 	}
 	secsize = be16_to_cpu(md->block_size);
 	put_dev_sector(sect);
-	data = read_part_sector(state, secsize/512, &sect);
+	datasize = round_down(secsize, 512);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, datasize / 512, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return -1;
-	part = (struct mac_partition *) (data + secsize%512);
+	partoffset = secsize % 512;
+	if (partoffset + sizeof(*part) > datasize)
+		return -1;
+	part = (struct mac_partition *) (data + partoffset);
 	if (be16_to_cpu(part->signature) != MAC_PARTITION_MAGIC) {
 		put_dev_sector(sect);
 		return 0;		/* not a MacOS disk */