diff --git a/fs/squashfs/cache.c b/fs/squashfs/cache.c
index 8e958db5f786..67abd4dff222 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/cache.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/cache.c
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ int squashfs_read_metadata(struct super_block *sb, void *buffer,
 	if (unlikely(length < 0))
 		return -EIO;
 
+	if (unlikely(*offset < 0 || *offset >= SQUASHFS_METADATA_SIZE))
+		return -EIO;
+
 	while (length) {
 		entry = squashfs_cache_get(sb, msblk->block_cache, *block, 0);
 		if (entry->error) {