1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
index fa913e459442..41ad537c49e9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
@@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(
                          */
                         ra_want = howmany(bufsize + mp->m_dirblksize,
                                           mp->m_sb.sb_blocksize) - 1;
+                        ASSERT(ra_want >= 0);
 
                         /*
                          * If we don't have as many as we want, and we haven't
@@ -1088,7 +1089,8 @@ xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(
                  */
                 ptr += length;
                 curoff += length;
-                bufsize -= length;
+                /* bufsize may have just been a guess; don't go negative */
+                bufsize = bufsize > length ? bufsize - length : 0;
         }
 
         /*