diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 54750b7c162d..bf0872bb34f6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -5802,6 +5802,14 @@ int ext4_clu_mapped(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lclu)
 	struct ext4_extent *extent;
 	ext4_lblk_t first_lblk, first_lclu, last_lclu;
 
+	/*
+	 * if data can be stored inline, the logical cluster isn't
+	 * mapped - no physical clusters have been allocated, and the
+	 * file has no extents
+	 */
+	if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* search for the extent closest to the first block in the cluster */
 	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, EXT4_C2B(sbi, lclu), NULL, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(path)) {