diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index ec9770f4253..d490d6ec396 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -382,6 +382,8 @@ static int ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff(struct inode *inode,
 				lastoff = page_offset(page);
 				bh = head = page_buffers(page);
 				do {
+					if (lastoff + bh->b_size <= startoff)
+						goto next;
 					if (buffer_uptodate(bh) ||
 					    buffer_unwritten(bh)) {
 						if (whence == SEEK_DATA)
@@ -396,6 +398,7 @@ static int ext4_find_unwritten_pgoff(struct inode *inode,
 						unlock_page(page);
 						goto out;
 					}
+next:
 					lastoff += bh->b_size;
 					bh = bh->b_this_page;
 				} while (bh != head);