diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 74f23c292e1b3000bb7bd9cf0e953df27488b698..4394a757aa4cfbcbc13c644192c9cdfba5f09c17 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ static int ext4_valid_extent(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ext)
 	ext4_fsblk_t block = ext4_ext_pblock(ext);
 	int len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ext);
 
+	if (len == 0)
+		return 0;
 	return ext4_data_block_valid(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb), block, len);
 }