diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 82e720c8ba32..d94595a49923 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -835,14 +835,6 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_lookup_rec(struct inode *inode,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0) {
-		ret = ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-				  "Inode %lu has empty extent list at depth %u\n",
-				  inode->i_ino,
-				  le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth));
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	found = 0;
 	for (i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		rec = &el->l_recs[i];
@@ -855,10 +847,9 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_lookup_rec(struct inode *inode,
 
 	if (!found) {
 		ret = ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-				  "Inode %lu has bad extent record (%u, %u, 0) in btree\n",
-				  inode->i_ino,
-				  le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos),
-				  ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, rec));
+				  "Inode %lu has no extent record for hash %u in btree (next_free_rec %u)\n",
+				  inode->i_ino, major_hash,
+				  le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec));
 		goto out;
 	}