diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 73fadc7ead0e..a3c6e76f5a4e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6275,6 +6275,8 @@ next:
 			goto not_found;
 		if (start + len <= found_key.offset)
 			goto not_found;
+		if (start > found_key.offset)
+			goto next;
 		em->start = start;
 		em->orig_start = start;
 		em->len = found_key.offset - start;