diff --git a/fs/exfat/namei.c b/fs/exfat/namei.c
index d62d961e278d9be529c95b4e5cd43156918c2beb..5b78b9ba417e10281bd778a4b773b0045472523f 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/namei.c
@@ -655,13 +655,19 @@ static int exfat_find(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *qname,
 	info->type = exfat_get_entry_type(ep);
 	info->attr = le16_to_cpu(ep->dentry.file.attr);
 	info->size = le64_to_cpu(ep2->dentry.stream.valid_size);
+
+	info->start_clu = le32_to_cpu(ep2->dentry.stream.start_clu);
+	if (!is_valid_cluster(sbi, info->start_clu) && info->size) {
+		exfat_warn(sb, "start_clu is invalid cluster(0x%x)",
+				info->start_clu);
+		info->size = 0;
+	}
+
 	if (info->size == 0) {
 		info->flags = ALLOC_NO_FAT_CHAIN;
 		info->start_clu = EXFAT_EOF_CLUSTER;
 	} else {
 		info->flags = ep2->dentry.stream.flags;
-		info->start_clu =
-			le32_to_cpu(ep2->dentry.stream.start_clu);
 	}
 
 	exfat_get_entry_time(sbi, &info->crtime,