diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_common.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_common.c
index f50de7c089..9a9c520e22 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_common.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_common.c
@@ -2373,6 +2373,10 @@ int ext4fs_mount(unsigned part_length)
 	struct ext2_data *data;
 	int status;
 	struct ext_filesystem *fs = get_fs();
+
+	if (part_length < SUPERBLOCK_SIZE)
+		return 0;
+
 	data = zalloc(SUPERBLOCK_SIZE);
 	if (!data)
 		return 0;