diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
index ac748b3af1c1..e38b987ac7f5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
@@ -823,8 +823,8 @@ int ext4_es_lookup_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
 		es->es_lblk = es1->es_lblk;
 		es->es_len = es1->es_len;
 		es->es_pblk = es1->es_pblk;
-		if (!ext4_es_is_referenced(es))
-			ext4_es_set_referenced(es);
+		if (!ext4_es_is_referenced(es1))
+			ext4_es_set_referenced(es1);
 		stats->es_stats_cache_hits++;
 	} else {
 		stats->es_stats_cache_misses++;