diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
index dc723f03d6bb..bf7396447284 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
@@ -2575,7 +2575,7 @@ static int read_next_log_rec(struct ntfs_log *log, struct lcb *lcb, u64 *lsn)
 	return find_log_rec(log, *lsn, lcb);
 }
 
-static inline bool check_index_header(const struct INDEX_HDR *hdr, size_t bytes)
+bool check_index_header(const struct INDEX_HDR *hdr, size_t bytes)
 {
 	__le16 mask;
 	u32 min_de, de_off, used, total;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
index ae9616becec1..7a1e01a2ed9a 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
@@ -848,6 +848,10 @@ static inline struct NTFS_DE *hdr_delete_de(struct INDEX_HDR *hdr,
 	u32 off = PtrOffset(hdr, re);
 	int bytes = used - (off + esize);
 
+	/* check INDEX_HDR valid before using INDEX_HDR */
+	if (!check_index_header(hdr, le32_to_cpu(hdr->total)))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (off >= used || esize < sizeof(struct NTFS_DE) ||
 	    bytes < sizeof(struct NTFS_DE))
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
index 80072e5f96f7..15296f5690b5 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ int ni_rename(struct ntfs_inode *dir_ni, struct ntfs_inode *new_dir_ni,
 bool ni_is_dirty(struct inode *inode);
 
 /* Globals from fslog.c */
+bool check_index_header(const struct INDEX_HDR *hdr, size_t bytes);
 int log_replay(struct ntfs_inode *ni, bool *initialized);
 
 /* Globals from fsntfs.c */