diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 1a86282b9024..7d11e02ad01d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5398,13 +5398,12 @@ static int ext4_indirect_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode, int nrblocks,
 	/* if nrblocks are contiguous */
 	if (chunk) {
 		/*
-		 * With N contiguous data blocks, it need at most
-		 * N/EXT4_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(inode->i_sb) indirect blocks
-		 * 2 dindirect blocks
-		 * 1 tindirect block
+		 * With N contiguous data blocks, we need at most
+		 * N/EXT4_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(inode->i_sb) + 1 indirect blocks,
+		 * 2 dindirect blocks, and 1 tindirect block
 		 */
-		indirects = nrblocks / EXT4_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(inode->i_sb);
-		return indirects + 3;
+		return DIV_ROUND_UP(nrblocks,
+				    EXT4_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(inode->i_sb)) + 4;
 	}
 	/*
 	 * if nrblocks are not contiguous, worse case, each block touch