diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 0f0b1ea..84be02e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@
 	set_buffer_new(bh_result);
 got_it:
 	map_bh(bh_result, inode->i_sb, le32_to_cpu(chain[depth-1].key));
-	if (blocks_to_boundary == 0)
+	if (count > blocks_to_boundary)
 		set_buffer_boundary(bh_result);
 	err = count;
 	/* Clean up and exit */