diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 26af22832a8..5ae1674ec12 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2226,13 +2226,14 @@ errout:
  * removes index from the index block.
  */
 static int ext4_ext_rm_idx(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-			struct ext4_ext_path *path)
+			struct ext4_ext_path *path, int depth)
 {
 	int err;
 	ext4_fsblk_t leaf;
 
 	/* free index block */
-	path--;
+	depth--;
+	path = path + depth;
 	leaf = ext4_idx_pblock(path->p_idx);
 	if (unlikely(path->p_hdr->eh_entries == 0)) {
 		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "path->p_hdr->eh_entries == 0");
@@ -2257,6 +2258,19 @@ static int ext4_ext_rm_idx(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, leaf, 1,
 			 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
+
+	while (--depth >= 0) {
+		if (path->p_idx != EXT_FIRST_INDEX(path->p_hdr))
+			break;
+		path--;
+		err = ext4_ext_get_access(handle, inode, path);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+		path->p_idx->ei_block = (path+1)->p_idx->ei_block;
+		err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+	}
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -2599,7 +2613,7 @@ ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	/* if this leaf is free, then we should
 	 * remove it from index block above */
 	if (err == 0 && eh->eh_entries == 0 && path[depth].p_bh != NULL)
-		err = ext4_ext_rm_idx(handle, inode, path + depth);
+		err = ext4_ext_rm_idx(handle, inode, path, depth);
 
 out:
 	return err;
@@ -2802,7 +2816,7 @@ again:
 				/* index is empty, remove it;
 				 * handle must be already prepared by the
 				 * truncatei_leaf() */
-				err = ext4_ext_rm_idx(handle, inode, path + i);
+				err = ext4_ext_rm_idx(handle, inode, path, i);
 			}
 			/* root level has p_bh == NULL, brelse() eats this */
 			brelse(path[i].p_bh);