--- linux-2.6.29-rc7/fs/ext4/extents.c~	2009-03-12 14:51:21.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.29-rc7/fs/ext4/extents.c	2009-03-12 16:23:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -607,7 +607,6 @@
 ext4_ext_find_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
 					struct ext4_ext_path *path)
 {
-	int need_to_validate = 0;
 	struct ext4_extent_header *eh;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	short int depth, i, ppos = 0, alloc = 0;
@@ -629,6 +628,7 @@
 	i = depth;
 	/* walk through the tree */
 	while (i) {
+		int need_to_validate = 0;
 		ext_debug("depth %d: num %d, max %d\n",
 			  ppos, le16_to_cpu(eh->eh_entries), le16_to_cpu(eh->eh_max));