diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index f859578..f2ed3e7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@
 			ext4_error (sb, "ext4_readdir",
 				"directory #%lu contains a hole at offset %lu",
 				inode->i_ino, (unsigned long)filp->f_pos);
+			/* corrupt size?  Maybe no more blocks to read */
+			if (filp->f_pos > inode->i_blocks << 9)
+				break;
 			filp->f_pos += sb->s_blocksize - offset;
 			continue;
 		}