diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 575faa090253..7097b0f680e6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2504,7 +2504,9 @@ ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 	/* find where to start removing */
-	ex = EXT_LAST_EXTENT(eh);
+	ex = path[depth].p_ext;
+	if (!ex)
+		ex = EXT_LAST_EXTENT(eh);
 
 	ex_ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
 	ex_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);