diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 0d69cd8c5fc3..5a8fb0256752 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -3993,6 +3993,7 @@ ext4_mb_normalize_request(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 				struct ext4_allocation_request *ar)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(ac->ac_sb);
+	struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
 	int bsbits, max;
 	ext4_lblk_t end;
 	loff_t size, start_off;
@@ -4188,18 +4189,21 @@ ext4_mb_normalize_request(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 	ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len = EXT4_NUM_B2C(sbi, size);
 
 	/* define goal start in order to merge */
-	if (ar->pright && (ar->lright == (start + size))) {
+	if (ar->pright && (ar->lright == (start + size)) &&
+	    ar->pright >= size &&
+	    ar->pright - size >= le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block)) {
 		/* merge to the right */
 		ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(ac->ac_sb, ar->pright - size,
-						&ac->ac_f_ex.fe_group,
-						&ac->ac_f_ex.fe_start);
+						&ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group,
+						&ac->ac_g_ex.fe_start);
 		ac->ac_flags |= EXT4_MB_HINT_TRY_GOAL;
 	}
-	if (ar->pleft && (ar->lleft + 1 == start)) {
+	if (ar->pleft && (ar->lleft + 1 == start) &&
+	    ar->pleft + 1 < ext4_blocks_count(es)) {
 		/* merge to the left */
 		ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(ac->ac_sb, ar->pleft + 1,
-						&ac->ac_f_ex.fe_group,
-						&ac->ac_f_ex.fe_start);
+						&ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group,
+						&ac->ac_g_ex.fe_start);
 		ac->ac_flags |= EXT4_MB_HINT_TRY_GOAL;
 	}