diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 0f95e857089e19..9013a05f524bd2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1756,6 +1756,8 @@ static int ext4_ext_correct_indexes(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		if (err)
 			break;
 	}
+	while (!(k < 0) && k++ < depth)
+		clear_buffer_verified(path[k]->p_bh);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -2304,6 +2306,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_rm_idx(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 {
 	int err;
 	ext4_fsblk_t leaf;
+	int b_depth = depth;
 
 	/* free index block */
 	depth--;
@@ -2345,6 +2348,9 @@ static int ext4_ext_rm_idx(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		if (err)
 			break;
 	}
+	while (!(depth < 0) && depth++ < b_depth - 1)
+		clear_buffer_verified(path[depth]->p_bh);
+
 	return err;
 }