diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index bc17ed7..3e966da 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@
 		alloc = 1;
 	}
 	path[0].p_hdr = eh;
+	path[0].p_bh = NULL;
 
 	i = depth;
 	/* walk through the tree */
@@ -552,12 +553,14 @@
 	}
 
 	path[ppos].p_depth = i;
-	path[ppos].p_hdr = eh;
 	path[ppos].p_ext = NULL;
 	path[ppos].p_idx = NULL;
 
 	/* find extent */
 	ext4_ext_binsearch(inode, path + ppos, block);
+	/* if not an empty leaf */
+	if (path[ppos].p_ext)
+		path[ppos].p_block = ext_pblock(path[ppos].p_ext);
 
 	ext4_ext_show_path(inode, path);