diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 57988fedd184..e52dfa5c7562 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ static struct inode *ntfs_read_mft(struct inode *inode,
 	/* Record should contain $I30 root. */
 	is_dir = rec->flags & RECORD_FLAG_DIR;
 
+	/* MFT_REC_MFT is not a dir */
+	if (is_dir && ino == MFT_REC_MFT) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	inode->i_generation = le16_to_cpu(rec->seq);
 
 	/* Enumerate all struct Attributes MFT. */