diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 769151d..3394d52 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2432,6 +2432,10 @@ ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	/* the header must be checked already in ext4_ext_remove_space() */
 	ext_debug("truncate since %u in leaf to %u\n", start, end);
+	if (!path[depth].p_hdr && !path[depth].p_bh) {
+		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "depth %d", depth);
+		BUG_ON(1);
+	}
 	if (!path[depth].p_hdr)
 		path[depth].p_hdr = ext_block_hdr(path[depth].p_bh);
 	eh = path[depth].p_hdr;
@@ -2730,6 +2734,10 @@ cont:
 		/* this is index block */
 		if (!path[i].p_hdr) {
 			ext_debug("initialize header\n");
+			if (!path[i].p_hdr && !path[i].p_bh) {
+				EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "i=%d", i);
+				BUG_ON(1);
+			}
 			path[i].p_hdr = ext_block_hdr(path[i].p_bh);
 		}