diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index 58bf58b68955..788720196309 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -1812,14 +1812,15 @@ static int __ocfs2_find_path(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
             ret = -EROFS;
             goto out;
         }
-        if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0) {
+        if (!el->l_next_free_rec || !el->l_count) {
             ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci),
-                    "Owner %llu has empty extent list at depth %u\n",
+                    "Owner %llu has empty extent list at depth %u "
+                    "(next free=%u count=%u)\n",
                     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
-                    le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth));
+                    le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth),
+                    le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec), le16_to_cpu(el->l_count));
             ret = -EROFS;
             goto out;
-
         }

         for(i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1; i++) {