diff --git a/Features/Ext4Pkg/Ext4Dxe/File.c b/Features/Ext4Pkg/Ext4Dxe/File.c
index 8dfe324255f..9dde4a5d1a2 100644
--- a/Features/Ext4Pkg/Ext4Dxe/File.c
+++ b/Features/Ext4Pkg/Ext4Dxe/File.c
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ Ext4OpenInternal (
   Level     = 0;
 
   DEBUG ((DEBUG_FS, "[ext4] Ext4OpenInternal %s\n", FileName));
+
+  if (!Ext4FileIsDir (Current)) {
+    return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+  }
+
   // If the path starts with a backslash, we treat the root directory as the base directory
   if (FileName[0] == L'\\') {
     FileName++;
@@ -219,6 +224,10 @@ Ext4OpenInternal (
       return EFI_ACCESS_DENIED;
     }
 
+    if (!Ext4FileIsDir (Current)) {
+      return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+    }
+
     // Discard leading path separators
     while (FileName[0] == L'\\') {
       FileName++;
@@ -242,10 +251,6 @@ Ext4OpenInternal (
 
     DEBUG ((DEBUG_FS, "[ext4] Opening %s\n", PathSegment));
 
-    if (!Ext4FileIsDir (Current)) {
-      return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
-    }
-
     if (!Ext4IsLastPathSegment (FileName)) {
       if (!Ext4DirCanLookup (Current)) {
         return EFI_ACCESS_DENIED;