diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b5c2ad8fe2cad302ef456da76585e6b932471a6c..9d39d08a15556ea3177258ca803fed1203255915 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5982,7 +5982,14 @@ struct extent_map *btrfs_get_extent(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 	found_type = btrfs_key_type(&found_key);
 	if (found_key.objectid != objectid ||
 	    found_type != BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY) {
-		goto not_found;
+		/*
+		 * If we backup past the first extent we want to move forward
+		 * and see if there is an extent in front of us, otherwise we'll
+		 * say there is a hole for our whole search range which can
+		 * cause problems.
+		 */
+		extent_end = start;
+		goto next;
 	}
 
 	found_type = btrfs_file_extent_type(leaf, item);
@@ -5997,7 +6004,7 @@ struct extent_map *btrfs_get_extent(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 		size = btrfs_file_extent_inline_len(leaf, item);
 		extent_end = ALIGN(extent_start + size, root->sectorsize);
 	}
-
+next:
 	if (start >= extent_end) {
 		path->slots[0]++;
 		if (path->slots[0] >= btrfs_header_nritems(leaf)) {