diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index 6a95713f9193..1de1c1b460a7 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ static struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *do_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, split = count/2; hash2 = map[split].hash; - continued = hash2 == map[split - 1].hash; + continued = split > 0 ? hash2 == map[split - 1].hash : 0; dxtrace(printk(KERN_INFO "Split block %lu at %x, %i/%i\n", (unsigned long)dx_get_block(frame->at), hash2, split, count-split));