diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index ca5499e9412b..1b0c87236722 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -952,6 +952,9 @@ ext4_find_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
 	path[ppos].p_ext = NULL;
 	path[ppos].p_idx = NULL;
 
+	ret = ext4_ext_check(inode, eh, i, path[ppos].p_block);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err;
 	/* find extent */
 	ext4_ext_binsearch(inode, path + ppos, block);
 	/* if not an empty leaf */