diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 3998c11f95171..9e506129ea367 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1472,16 +1472,16 @@ static int ext4_ext_search_left(struct inode *inode,
 }
 
 /*
- * search the closest allocated block to the right for *logical
- * and returns it at @logical + it's physical address at @phys
- * if *logical is the largest allocated block, the function
- * returns 0 at @phys
- * return value contains 0 (success) or error code
+ * Search the closest allocated block to the right for *logical
+ * and returns it at @logical + it's physical address at @phys.
+ * If not exists, return 0 and @phys is set to 0. We will return
+ * 1 which means we found an allocated block and ret_ex is valid.
+ * Or return a (< 0) error code.
  */
 static int ext4_ext_search_right(struct inode *inode,
 				 struct ext4_ext_path *path,
 				 ext4_lblk_t *logical, ext4_fsblk_t *phys,
-				 struct ext4_extent **ret_ex)
+				 struct ext4_extent *ret_ex)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 	struct ext4_extent_header *eh;
@@ -1575,10 +1575,11 @@ static int ext4_ext_search_right(struct inode *inode,
 found_extent:
 	*logical = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
 	*phys = ext4_ext_pblock(ex);
-	*ret_ex = ex;
+	if (ret_ex)
+		*ret_ex = *ex;
 	if (bh)
 		put_bh(bh);
-	return 0;
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2869,8 +2870,8 @@ int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 			 */
 			lblk = ex_end + 1;
 			err = ext4_ext_search_right(inode, path, &lblk, &pblk,
-						    &ex);
-			if (err)
+						    NULL);
+			if (err < 0)
 				goto out;
 			if (pblk) {
 				partial.pclu = EXT4_B2C(sbi, pblk);
@@ -4038,7 +4039,7 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			struct ext4_map_blocks *map, int flags)
 {
 	struct ext4_ext_path *path = NULL;
-	struct ext4_extent newex, *ex, *ex2;
+	struct ext4_extent newex, *ex, ex2;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	ext4_fsblk_t newblock = 0, pblk;
 	int err = 0, depth, ret;
@@ -4174,15 +4175,14 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 	ar.lright = map->m_lblk;
-	ex2 = NULL;
 	err = ext4_ext_search_right(inode, path, &ar.lright, &ar.pright, &ex2);
-	if (err)
+	if (err < 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Check if the extent after searching to the right implies a
 	 * cluster we can use. */
-	if ((sbi->s_cluster_ratio > 1) && ex2 &&
-	    get_implied_cluster_alloc(inode->i_sb, map, ex2, path)) {
+	if ((sbi->s_cluster_ratio > 1) && err &&
+	    get_implied_cluster_alloc(inode->i_sb, map, &ex2, path)) {
 		ar.len = allocated = map->m_len;
 		newblock = map->m_pblk;
 		goto got_allocated_blocks;