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 >
                        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;