diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index 9a0fd494fe74..77cbd1e3c950 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -3131,6 +3131,30 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_remove_rightmost_empty_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				struct ocfs2_path *path,
+				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	handle_t *handle;
+	int ret;
+	int credits = path->p_tree_depth * 2 + 1;
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(handle, et, path, dealloc);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Left rotation of btree records.
  *
@@ -7108,15 +7132,23 @@ start:
 		 * to check it up here before changing the tree.
 		*/
 		if (root_el->l_tree_depth && rec->e_int_clusters == 0) {
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb, "Inode %lu has an empty "
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "Inode %lu has an empty "
 				    "extent record, depth %u\n", inode->i_ino,
 				    le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_tree_depth));
-			status = -EROFS;
-			goto bail;
+			status = ocfs2_remove_rightmost_empty_extent(osb,
+					&et, path, &dealloc);
+			if (status) {
+				mlog_errno(status);
+				goto bail;
+			}
+
+			ocfs2_reinit_path(path, 1);
+			goto start;
+		} else {
+			trunc_cpos = le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos);
+			trunc_len = 0;
+			blkno = 0;
 		}
-		trunc_cpos = le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos);
-		trunc_len = 0;
-		blkno = 0;
 	} else if (le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) >= new_highest_cpos) {
 		/*
 		 * Truncate entire record.