diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
index 364bdcff9c9d..fe1c9d776580 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int check_wsl_eas(struct kvec *rsp_iov)
 		nlen = ea->ea_name_length;
 		vlen = le16_to_cpu(ea->ea_value_length);
 		if (nlen != SMB2_WSL_XATTR_NAME_LEN ||
-		    (u8 *)ea + nlen + 1 + vlen > end)
+		    (u8 *)ea->ea_data + nlen + 1 + vlen > end)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		switch (vlen) {