1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index eb7be8f08e10..d0860f2d36d0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -5245,13 +5245,14 @@ ext4_ext_shift_path_extents(struct ext4_ext_path *path, ext4_lblk_t shift,
 
                         while (ex_start <= ex_last) {
                                 le32_add_cpu(&ex_start->ee_block, -shift);
-                                if (ex_start >
-                                        EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(path[depth].p_hdr)) {
-                                        if (ext4_ext_try_to_merge_right(inode,
-                                                path, ex_start - 1))
-                                                ex_last--;
-                                }
-                                ex_start++;
+                                /* Try to merge to the left. */
+                                if ((ex_start >
+                                     EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(path[depth].p_hdr)) &&
+                                    ext4_ext_try_to_merge_right(inode,
+                                                        path, ex_start - 1))
+                                        ex_last--;
+                                else
+                                        ex_start++;
                         }
                         err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
                         if (err)