diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 0de4a2fcfb24f1cdd2e8ae9574405bd4ce247526..0f81d67cdc8da651890df1a89c01df9188667d97 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -1801,7 +1801,11 @@ static noinline int copy_to_sk(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		item_off = btrfs_item_ptr_offset(leaf, i);
 		item_len = btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, i);
 
-		if (item_len > BTRFS_SEARCH_ARGS_BUFSIZE)
+		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, key, i);
+		if (!key_in_sk(key, sk))
+			continue;
+
+		if (sizeof(sh) + item_len > BTRFS_SEARCH_ARGS_BUFSIZE)
 			item_len = 0;
 
 		if (sizeof(sh) + item_len + *sk_offset >
@@ -1810,10 +1814,6 @@ static noinline int copy_to_sk(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			goto overflow;
 		}
 
-		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, key, i);
-		if (!key_in_sk(key, sk))
-			continue;
-
 		sh.objectid = key->objectid;
 		sh.offset = key->offset;
 		sh.type = key->type;