diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index e2eab196875f..e0aa4fe4f596 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1122,7 +1122,8 @@ ext4_ext_search_right(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_ext_path *path,
 	struct ext4_extent_idx *ix;
 	struct ext4_extent *ex;
 	ext4_fsblk_t block;
-	int depth, ee_len;
+	int depth;	/* Note, NOT eh_depth; depth from top of tree */
+	int ee_len;
 
 	BUG_ON(path == NULL);
 	depth = path->p_depth;
@@ -1179,7 +1180,8 @@ got_index:
 		if (bh == NULL)
 			return -EIO;
 		eh = ext_block_hdr(bh);
-		if (ext4_ext_check_header(inode, eh, depth)) {
+		/* subtract from p_depth to get proper eh_depth */
+		if (ext4_ext_check_header(inode, eh, path->p_depth - depth)) {
 			put_bh(bh);
 			return -EIO;
 		}