diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index c9d054b22ae2..2fae42638bfb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2134,6 +2134,7 @@ prepend:
 				       ppath, newext);
 	if (err)
 		goto cleanup;
+	path = *ppath;
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
 	eh = path[depth].p_hdr;