blk = *i_data;
                if (level > 0) {
                        ext4_lblk_t first2;
+                       ext4_lblk_t count2;
+
                        bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, le32_to_cpu(blk));
                        if (!bh) {
                                EXT4_ERROR_INODE_BLOCK(inode, le32_to_cpu(blk),
                                                       "Read failure");
                                return -EIO;
                        }
-                       first2 = (first > offset) ? first - offset : 0;
+                       if (first > offset) {
+                               first2 = first - offset;
+                               count2 = count;
+                       } else {
+                               first2 = 0;
+                               count2 = count - (offset - first);
+                       }
                        ret = free_hole_blocks(handle, inode, bh,
                                               (__le32 *)bh->b_data, level - 1,
-                                              first2, count - offset,
+                                              first2, count2,
                                               inode->i_sb->s_blocksize >> 2);
                        if (ret) {
                                brelse(bh);