diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index 26815a25379d6d41251506a18efc6b61b3c049bd..a2974f7563a283c391a0ba6fc504c9da8528e439 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -471,15 +471,19 @@ static struct fileIdentDesc *udf_add_entry(struct inode *dir,
 				f_pos >> dir->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits, 1, err);
 		if (!fibh->ebh)
 			goto out_err;
+		/* Extents could have been merged, invalidate our position */
+		brelse(epos.bh);
+		epos.bh = NULL;
+		epos.block = dinfo->i_location;
+		epos.offset = udf_file_entry_alloc_offset(dir);
 
 		if (!fibh->soffset) {
-			if (udf_next_aext(dir, &epos, &eloc, &elen, 1) ==
-			    (EXT_RECORDED_ALLOCATED >> 30)) {
-				block = eloc.logicalBlockNum + ((elen - 1) >>
+			/* Find the freshly allocated block */
+			while (udf_next_aext(dir, &epos, &eloc, &elen, 1) ==
+				(EXT_RECORDED_ALLOCATED >> 30))
+				;
+			block = eloc.logicalBlockNum + ((elen - 1) >>
 					dir->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits);
-			} else
-				block++;
-
 			brelse(fibh->sbh);
 			fibh->sbh = fibh->ebh;
 			fi = (struct fileIdentDesc *)(fibh->sbh->b_data);