diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index 860fc8e1867d..cc4ffbbcb719 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ static int __build_xattrs(struct inode *inode)
 			name = p;
 			p += len;
 			ceph_decode_32_safe(&p, end, len, bad);
+			ceph_decode_need(&p, end, len, bad);
 			val = p;
 			p += len;