diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 30f5b11d7dd35cb34cd1bae5b02a208f466460cf..cbd3a7d6fa681acfc0b00cb515fcddbcf8880f49 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -3142,7 +3142,9 @@ int btrfs_search_slot_for_read(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 			if (!ret) {
-				p->slots[0] = btrfs_header_nritems(leaf) - 1;
+				leaf = p->nodes[0];
+				if (p->slots[0] == btrfs_header_nritems(leaf))
+					p->slots[0]--;
 				return 0;
 			}
 			if (!return_any)