diff --git a/fs/squashfs/inode.c b/fs/squashfs/inode.c
index 9fb8e9fd4c001761c8c4e3369da17634b1db2b25..95a9ff9e23997569d4f53810cc977764bfa46e24 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/inode.c
@@ -279,8 +279,13 @@ int squashfs_read_inode(struct inode *inode, long long ino)
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto failed_read;
 
-		set_nlink(inode, le32_to_cpu(sqsh_ino->nlink));
 		inode->i_size = le32_to_cpu(sqsh_ino->symlink_size);
+		if (inode->i_size > PAGE_SIZE) {
+			ERROR("Corrupted symlink\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		set_nlink(inode, le32_to_cpu(sqsh_ino->nlink));
 		inode->i_op = &squashfs_symlink_inode_ops;
 		inode_nohighmem(inode);
 		inode->i_data.a_ops = &squashfs_symlink_aops;