diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index f5c058b3192c..a93fc3dbd4fd 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -1881,6 +1881,9 @@ int ntfs_read_inode_mount(struct inode *vi)
 		}
 		/* Now allocate memory for the attribute list. */
 		ni->attr_list_size = (u32)ntfs_attr_size(a);
+		if (ni->attr_list_size == 0)
+			goto put_err_out;
+
 		ni->attr_list = ntfs_malloc_nofs(ni->attr_list_size);
 		if (!ni->attr_list) {
 			ntfs_error(sb, "Not enough memory to allocate buffer "