diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 471504133c76065fe3638965e78a7b0ba81a77e2..0a8f5a865496bd53a6da1b4eeb75a987f9aff11d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1462,6 +1462,54 @@ int ext4_try_create_inline_dir(handle_t *handle, struct inode *parent,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+struct buffer_head *ext4_find_inline_entry(struct inode *dir,
+					const struct qstr *d_name,
+					struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **res_dir,
+					int *has_inline_data)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
+	void *inline_start;
+	int inline_size;
+
+	if (ext4_get_inode_loc(dir, &iloc))
+		return NULL;
+
+	down_read(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem);
+	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(dir)) {
+		*has_inline_data = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	inline_start = (void *)ext4_raw_inode(&iloc)->i_block +
+						EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE;
+	inline_size = EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE - EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE;
+	ret = search_dir(iloc.bh, inline_start, inline_size,
+			 dir, d_name, 0, res_dir);
+	if (ret == 1)
+		goto out_find;
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (ext4_get_inline_size(dir) == EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE)
+		goto out;
+
+	inline_start = ext4_get_inline_xattr_pos(dir, &iloc);
+	inline_size = ext4_get_inline_size(dir) - EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE;
+
+	ret = search_dir(iloc.bh, inline_start, inline_size,
+			 dir, d_name, 0, res_dir);
+	if (ret == 1)
+		goto out_find;
+
+out:
+	brelse(iloc.bh);
+	iloc.bh = NULL;
+out_find:
+	up_read(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem);
+	return iloc.bh;
+}
+
 int ext4_destroy_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index d50684b914960419931df1b1710d087cba5bd1ab..b498cafed12beeb57188be17eb6a15df656a2f8d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,6 @@ static inline int search_dirblock(struct buffer_head *bh,
 			  d_name, offset, res_dir);
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Directory block splitting, compacting
  */
@@ -1198,6 +1197,15 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
 	namelen = d_name->len;
 	if (namelen > EXT4_NAME_LEN)
 		return NULL;
+
+	if (ext4_has_inline_data(dir)) {
+		int has_inline_data = 1;
+		ret = ext4_find_inline_entry(dir, d_name, res_dir,
+					     &has_inline_data);
+		if (has_inline_data)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	if ((namelen <= 2) && (name[0] == '.') &&
 	    (name[1] == '.' || name[1] == '\0')) {
 		/*
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index 539e6a08c95f46ab83bdb13808ad5bca5558bba2..c6f3dea88d6fc4dbee176574ca1c6af927a0f572 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ extern int ext4_try_create_inline_dir(handle_t *handle,
 extern int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *filp,
 				void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 				int *has_inline_data);
+extern struct buffer_head *ext4_find_inline_entry(struct inode *dir,
+					const struct qstr *d_name,
+					struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **res_dir,
+					int *has_inline_data);
 # else  /* CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR */
 
 static inline int
@@ -355,6 +359,15 @@ static inline int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *filp,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline struct buffer_head *
+ext4_find_inline_entry(struct inode *dir,
+		       const struct qstr *d_name,
+		       struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **res_dir,
+		       int *has_inline_data)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 # endif  /* CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY