diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
index 98bd0e9ee7df..ca78fd709845 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
@@ -170,10 +170,13 @@ struct partial_cluster {
 	(EXT_FIRST_EXTENT((__hdr__)) + le16_to_cpu((__hdr__)->eh_entries) - 1)
 #define EXT_LAST_INDEX(__hdr__) \
 	(EXT_FIRST_INDEX((__hdr__)) + le16_to_cpu((__hdr__)->eh_entries) - 1)
-#define EXT_MAX_EXTENT(__hdr__) \
-	(EXT_FIRST_EXTENT((__hdr__)) + le16_to_cpu((__hdr__)->eh_max) - 1)
+#define EXT_MAX_EXTENT(__hdr__)	\
+	((le16_to_cpu((__hdr__)->eh_max)) ? \
+	((EXT_FIRST_EXTENT((__hdr__)) + le16_to_cpu((__hdr__)->eh_max) - 1)) \
+					: 0)
 #define EXT_MAX_INDEX(__hdr__) \
-	(EXT_FIRST_INDEX((__hdr__)) + le16_to_cpu((__hdr__)->eh_max) - 1)
+	((le16_to_cpu((__hdr__)->eh_max)) ? \
+	((EXT_FIRST_INDEX((__hdr__)) + le16_to_cpu((__hdr__)->eh_max) - 1)) : 0)
 
 static inline struct ext4_extent_header *ext_inode_hdr(struct inode *inode)
 {