diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 526960e343862a40125d2fedde5e2c0cc6da7dab..9edfcb976178c61370079616beef0b275eb17bc0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ static struct dx_frame *dx_probe(struct ext4_filename *fname,
 				 struct dx_hash_info *hinfo,
 				 struct dx_frame *frame);
 static void dx_release(struct dx_frame *frames);
-static int dx_make_map(struct inode *dir, struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de,
-		       unsigned blocksize, struct dx_hash_info *hinfo,
-		       struct dx_map_entry map[]);
+static int dx_make_map(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *bh,
+		       struct dx_hash_info *hinfo,
+		       struct dx_map_entry *map_tail);
 static void dx_sort_map(struct dx_map_entry *map, unsigned count);
 static struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *dx_move_dirents(char *from, char *to,
 		struct dx_map_entry *offsets, int count, unsigned blocksize);
@@ -756,12 +756,14 @@ static struct dx_frame *
 dx_probe(struct ext4_filename *fname, struct inode *dir,
 	 struct dx_hash_info *hinfo, struct dx_frame *frame_in)
 {
-	unsigned count, indirect;
+	unsigned count, indirect, level, i;
 	struct dx_entry *at, *entries, *p, *q, *m;
 	struct dx_root *root;
 	struct dx_frame *frame = frame_in;
 	struct dx_frame *ret_err = ERR_PTR(ERR_BAD_DX_DIR);
 	u32 hash;
+	ext4_lblk_t block;
+	ext4_lblk_t blocks[EXT4_HTREE_LEVEL];
 
 	memset(frame_in, 0, EXT4_HTREE_LEVEL * sizeof(frame_in[0]));
 	frame->bh = ext4_read_dirblock(dir, 0, INDEX);
@@ -817,6 +819,8 @@ dx_probe(struct ext4_filename *fname, struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	dxtrace(printk("Look up %x", hash));
+	level = 0;
+	blocks[0] = 0;
 	while (1) {
 		count = dx_get_count(entries);
 		if (!count || count > dx_get_limit(entries)) {
@@ -858,15 +862,27 @@ dx_probe(struct ext4_filename *fname, struct inode *dir,
 			       dx_get_block(at)));
 		frame->entries = entries;
 		frame->at = at;
-		if (!indirect--)
+
+		block = dx_get_block(at);
+		for (i = 0; i <= level; i++) {
+			if (blocks[i] == block) {
+				ext4_warning_inode(dir,
+					"dx entry: tree cycle block %u points back to block %u",
+					blocks[level], block);
+				goto fail;
+			}
+		}
+		if (++level > indirect)
 			return frame;
+		blocks[level] = block;
 		frame++;
-		frame->bh = ext4_read_dirblock(dir, dx_get_block(at), INDEX);
+		frame->bh = ext4_read_dirblock(dir, block, INDEX);
 		if (IS_ERR(frame->bh)) {
 			ret_err = (struct dx_frame *) frame->bh;
 			frame->bh = NULL;
 			goto fail;
 		}
+
 		entries = ((struct dx_node *) frame->bh->b_data)->entries;
 
 		if (dx_get_limit(entries) != dx_node_limit(dir)) {
@@ -1208,15 +1224,23 @@ static inline int search_dirblock(struct buffer_head *bh,
  * Create map of hash values, offsets, and sizes, stored at end of block.
  * Returns number of entries mapped.
  */
-static int dx_make_map(struct inode *dir, struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de,
-		       unsigned blocksize, struct dx_hash_info *hinfo,
+static int dx_make_map(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *bh,
+		       struct dx_hash_info *hinfo,
 		       struct dx_map_entry *map_tail)
 {
 	int count = 0;
-	char *base = (char *) de;
+	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)bh->b_data;
+	unsigned int buflen = bh->b_size;
+	char *base = bh->b_data;
 	struct dx_hash_info h = *hinfo;
 
-	while ((char *) de < base + blocksize) {
+	if (ext4_has_metadata_csum(dir->i_sb))
+		buflen -= sizeof(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail);
+
+	while ((char *) de < base + buflen) {
+		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL, de, bh, base, buflen,
+					 ((char *)de) - base))
+			return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 		if (de->name_len && de->inode) {
 			ext4fs_dirhash(dir, de->name, de->name_len, &h);
 			map_tail--;
@@ -1226,8 +1250,7 @@ static int dx_make_map(struct inode *dir, struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de,
 			count++;
 			cond_resched();
 		}
-		/* XXX: do we need to check rec_len == 0 case? -Chris */
-		de = ext4_next_entry(de, blocksize);
+		de = ext4_next_entry(de, dir->i_sb->s_blocksize);
 	}
 	return count;
 }
@@ -1860,8 +1883,11 @@ static struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *do_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 
 	/* create map in the end of data2 block */
 	map = (struct dx_map_entry *) (data2 + blocksize);
-	count = dx_make_map(dir, (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) data1,
-			     blocksize, hinfo, map);
+	count = dx_make_map(dir, *bh, hinfo, map);
+	if (count < 0) {
+		err = count;
+		goto journal_error;
+	}
 	map -= count;
 	dx_sort_map(map, count);
 	/* Ensure that neither split block is over half full */