diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 740cad8..6a7c483 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -614,6 +614,8 @@
 	int count = 0;
 	ext2_fsblk_t first_block = 0;
 
+	BUG_ON(maxblocks == 0);
+
 	depth = ext2_block_to_path(inode,iblock,offsets,&blocks_to_boundary);
 
 	if (depth == 0)