diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c b/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c
index 4aae598d6d884625ca264f3e6c74bdf201505e54..fdc9b2ebf3410e9ae888a5f738190a89d223cfe5 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ static inline ssize_t decompress_chunk(u8 *unc, u8 *unc_end, const u8 *cmpr,
 
 	/* Do decompression until pointers are inside range. */
 	while (up < unc_end && cmpr < cmpr_end) {
+		// return err if more than LZNT_CHUNK_SIZE bytes are written
+		if (up - unc > LZNT_CHUNK_SIZE)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		/* Correct index */
 		while (unc + s_max_off[index] < up)
 			index += 1;