diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index d53f18182915..ea6d3f27e187 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int qcow2_read_extensions(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t start_offset,
 #ifdef DEBUG_EXT
         printf("ext.magic = 0x%x\n", ext.magic);
 #endif
-        if (ext.len > end_offset - offset) {
+        if (offset > end_offset || ext.len > end_offset - offset) {
             error_setg(errp, "Header extension too large");
             return -EINVAL;
         }
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/080 b/tests/qemu-iotests/080
index 6b3a3e77a5f5..b9f9630db8c7 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/080
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/080
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$offset_backing_file_offset" "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xf
 poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$offset_ext_magic" "\x12\x34\x56\x78"
 poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$offset_ext_size" "\x7f\xff\xff\xff"
 { $QEMU_IO -c "read 0 512" $TEST_IMG; } 2>&1 | _filter_qemu_io | _filter_testdir
+poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$offset_backing_file_offset" "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x$(printf %x $offset_ext_size)"
+{ $QEMU_IO -c "read 0 512" $TEST_IMG; } 2>&1 | _filter_qemu_io | _filter_testdir
 poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$offset_backing_file_offset" "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
 { $QEMU_IO -c "read 0 512" $TEST_IMG; } 2>&1 | _filter_qemu_io | _filter_testdir
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/080.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/080.out
index f7a943c7a427..33d1f71232df 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/080.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/080.out
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ qemu-io: can't open device TEST_DIR/t.qcow2: Invalid backing file offset
 no file open, try 'help open'
 qemu-io: can't open device TEST_DIR/t.qcow2: Header extension too large
 no file open, try 'help open'
+qemu-io: can't open device TEST_DIR/t.qcow2: Header extension too large
+no file open, try 'help open'
 
 == Huge refcount table size ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864