diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
index 8847db015908..63250a5aae0a 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ static ssize_t ntfs_list_ea(struct ntfs_inode *ni, char *buffer,
 	for (ret = 0, off = 0; off < size; off += unpacked_ea_size(ea)) {
 		ea = Add2Ptr(ea_all, off);
 
+		if (!ea->name_len)
+			break;
+
 		if (buffer) {
 			if (ret + ea->name_len + 1 > bytes_per_buffer) {
 				err = -ERANGE;