diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index 8a7798d7f5fc..2f2634baa285 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -1997,10 +1997,7 @@ int ntfs_read_inode_mount(struct inode *vi)
 			/* Catch the end of the attribute list. */
 			if ((u8 *)al_entry == al_end)
 				goto em_put_err_out;
-			if (!al_entry->length)
-				goto em_put_err_out;
-			if ((u8 *)al_entry + 6 > al_end ||
-			    (u8 *)al_entry + le16_to_cpu(al_entry->length) > al_end)
+			if (!ntfs_attr_list_entry_is_valid(al_entry, al_end))
 				goto em_put_err_out;
 			next_al_entry = (struct attr_list_entry *)((u8 *)al_entry +
 					le16_to_cpu(al_entry->length));