diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 1900ec7..b189cb4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4902,6 +4902,8 @@
 
 	if (unlikely(minlen > EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb)))
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (start + len <= first_data_blk)
+		goto out;
 	if (start < first_data_blk) {
 		len -= first_data_blk - start;
 		start = first_data_blk;
@@ -4950,5 +4952,6 @@
 	}
 	range->len = trimmed * sb->s_blocksize;
 
+out:
 	return ret;
 }