diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
index 4330c2b39e50..ceb15f70ff1e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
@@ -2016,13 +2016,21 @@ out1:
 static struct indx_node *indx_find_buffer(struct ntfs_index *indx,
 					  struct ntfs_inode *ni,
 					  const struct INDEX_ROOT *root,
-					  __le64 vbn, struct indx_node *n)
+					  __le64 vbn, struct indx_node *n,
+					  int depth)
 {
 	int err;
 	const struct NTFS_DE *e;
 	struct indx_node *r;
 	const struct INDEX_HDR *hdr = n ? &n->index->ihdr : &root->ihdr;
 
+	/*
+	 * Limit recursion depth to prevent stack overflow from crafted
+	 * images.  Use the same bound as the fnd->nodes array (20).
+	 */
+	if (depth > ARRAY_SIZE(((struct ntfs_fnd *)NULL)->nodes))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
 	/* Step 1: Scan one level. */
 	for (e = hdr_first_de(hdr);; e = hdr_next_de(hdr, e)) {
 		if (!e)
@@ -2043,7 +2051,8 @@ static struct indx_node *indx_find_buffer(struct ntfs_index *indx,
 			if (err)
 				return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-			r = indx_find_buffer(indx, ni, root, vbn, n);
+			r = indx_find_buffer(indx, ni, root, vbn, n,
+					     depth + 1);
 			if (r)
 				return r;
 		}
@@ -2448,7 +2457,7 @@ int indx_delete_entry(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni,
 
 		fnd_clear(fnd);
 
-		in = indx_find_buffer(indx, ni, root, sub_vbn, NULL);
+		in = indx_find_buffer(indx, ni, root, sub_vbn, NULL, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(in)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(in);
 			goto out;