diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index ad131a2fc58e..9327aa2f1bf4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1784,6 +1784,12 @@ int ocfs2_remove_inode_range(struct inode *inode,
 		return 0;
 
 	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+		int max_inl = ocfs2_max_inline_data_with_xattr(inode->i_sb, di);
+		if (byte_start > max_inl || byte_start + byte_len > max_inl) {
+			ret = -EFBIG;
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
 		ret = ocfs2_truncate_inline(inode, di_bh, byte_start,
 					    byte_start + byte_len, 0);
 		if (ret) {