diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
index 80a0094be356..7a16239c71ee 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
@@ -1187,7 +1187,10 @@ int bch2_btree_node_read_done(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca,
                             le64_to_cpu(i->journal_seq),
                             b->written, b->written + sectors, ptr_written);
 
-               b->written += sectors;
+               if (likely(i->u64s))
+                       b->written += sectors;
+               else
+                       break;
 
                if (blacklisted && !first)
                        continue;