diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index 6f3bb55567b6..fd69da194826 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -1316,16 +1316,24 @@ static int free_hole_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		blk = *i_data;
 		if (level > 0) {
 			ext4_lblk_t first2;
+			ext4_lblk_t count2;
+
 			bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, le32_to_cpu(blk));
 			if (!bh) {
 				EXT4_ERROR_INODE_BLOCK(inode, le32_to_cpu(blk),
 						       "Read failure");
 				return -EIO;
 			}
-			first2 = (first > offset) ? first - offset : 0;
+			if (first > offset) {
+				first2 = first - offset;
+				count2 = count;
+			} else {
+				first2 = 0;
+				count2 = count - (offset - first);
+			}
 			ret = free_hole_blocks(handle, inode, bh,
 					       (__le32 *)bh->b_data, level - 1,
-					       first2, count - offset,
+					       first2, count2,
 					       inode->i_sb->s_blocksize >> 2);
 			if (ret) {
 				brelse(bh);