diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 3a7928f..8fd6c56 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3190,7 +3190,13 @@
 	 * this situation is possible, though, _during_ tree modification;
 	 * this is why assert can't be put in ext4_ext_find_extent()
 	 */
-	BUG_ON(path[depth].p_ext == NULL && depth != 0);
+	if (path[depth].p_ext == NULL && depth != 0) {
+		ext4_error(inode->i_sb, __func__, "bad extent address "
+			   "inode: %lu, iblock: %d, depth: %d",
+			   inode->i_ino, iblock, depth);
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto out2;
+	}
 	eh = path[depth].p_hdr;
 
 	ex = path[depth].p_ext;