diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index ca5499e9412b..fe1e7ce75e2b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ __read_extent_tree_block(const char *function, unsigned int line,
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto errout;
 	}
-	if (buffer_verified(bh) && !(flags & EXT4_EX_FORCE_CACHE))
+	if (buffer_verified(bh) && !(flags & (EXT4_EX_FORCE_CACHE | EXT4_EX_NOCACHE)))
 		return bh;
 	err = __ext4_ext_check(function, line, inode, ext_block_hdr(bh),
 			       depth, pblk, le32_to_cpu(idx->ei_block));