diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index b0248c6d5d4c..253c2cdc8d04 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ int ext3_get_blocks_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		while (count < maxblocks && count <= blocks_to_boundary) {
 			ext3_fsblk_t blk;
 
-			if (!verify_chain(chain, partial)) {
+			if (!verify_chain(chain, chain + depth - 1)) {
 				/*
 				 * Indirect block might be removed by
 				 * truncate while we were reading it.