diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 3e5edc9..b0dcfb3 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ static struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *do_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 	/* Split the existing block in the middle, size-wise */
 	size = 0;
 	move = 0;
-	for (i = count-1; i >= 0; i--) {
+	for (i = count; i--; ) {
 		/* is more than half of this entry in 2nd half of the block? */
 		if (size + map[i].size/2 > blocksize/2)
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 63adcb7..34232c6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ static struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *do_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 	/* Split the existing block in the middle, size-wise */
 	size = 0;
 	move = 0;
-	for (i = count-1; i >= 0; i--) {
+	for (i = count; i--; ) {
 		/* is more than half of this entry in 2nd half of the block? */
 		if (size + map[i].size/2 > blocksize/2)
 			break;