diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index c5254dde1f0f..a98f7d252829 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -786,48 +786,12 @@ none:
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-/*
- * Validaty check of prev em and next em:
- * 1) no prev/next em
- * 2) prev/next em is an hole/inline extent
- */
-static int check_adjacent_extents(struct inode *inode, struct extent_map *em)
+static struct extent_map *defrag_lookup_extent(struct inode *inode, u64 start)
 {
 	struct extent_map_tree *em_tree = &BTRFS_I(inode)->extent_tree;
-	struct extent_map *prev = NULL, *next = NULL;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	read_lock(&em_tree->lock);
-	prev = lookup_extent_mapping(em_tree, em->start - 1, (u64)-1);
-	next = lookup_extent_mapping(em_tree, em->start + em->len, (u64)-1);
-	read_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
-
-	if ((!prev || prev->block_start >= EXTENT_MAP_LAST_BYTE) &&
-	    (!next || next->block_start >= EXTENT_MAP_LAST_BYTE))
-		ret = 1;
-	free_extent_map(prev);
-	free_extent_map(next);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int should_defrag_range(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 len,
-			       int thresh, u64 *last_len, u64 *skip,
-			       u64 *defrag_end)
-{
 	struct extent_io_tree *io_tree = &BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree;
-	struct extent_map *em = NULL;
-	struct extent_map_tree *em_tree = &BTRFS_I(inode)->extent_tree;
-	int ret = 1;
-
-	/*
-	 * make sure that once we start defragging an extent, we keep on
-	 * defragging it
-	 */
-	if (start < *defrag_end)
-		return 1;
-
-	*skip = 0;
+	struct extent_map *em;
+	u64 len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 
 	/*
 	 * hopefully we have this extent in the tree already, try without
@@ -844,27 +808,64 @@ static int should_defrag_range(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 len,
 		unlock_extent(io_tree, start, start + len - 1);
 
 		if (IS_ERR(em))
-			return 0;
+			return NULL;
 	}
 
+	return em;
+}
+
+static bool defrag_check_next_extent(struct inode *inode, struct extent_map *em)
+{
+	struct extent_map *next;
+	bool ret = true;
+
+	/* this is the last extent */
+	if (em->start + em->len >= i_size_read(inode))
+		return false;
+
+	next = defrag_lookup_extent(inode, em->start + em->len);
+	if (!next || next->block_start >= EXTENT_MAP_LAST_BYTE)
+		ret = false;
+
+	free_extent_map(next);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int should_defrag_range(struct inode *inode, u64 start, int thresh,
+			       u64 *last_len, u64 *skip, u64 *defrag_end)
+{
+	struct extent_map *em;
+	int ret = 1;
+	bool next_mergeable = true;
+
+	/*
+	 * make sure that once we start defragging an extent, we keep on
+	 * defragging it
+	 */
+	if (start < *defrag_end)
+		return 1;
+
+	*skip = 0;
+
+	em = defrag_lookup_extent(inode, start);
+	if (!em)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* this will cover holes, and inline extents */
 	if (em->block_start >= EXTENT_MAP_LAST_BYTE) {
 		ret = 0;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* If we have nothing to merge with us, just skip. */
-	if (check_adjacent_extents(inode, em)) {
-		ret = 0;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	next_mergeable = defrag_check_next_extent(inode, em);
 
 	/*
-	 * we hit a real extent, if it is big don't bother defragging it again
+	 * we hit a real extent, if it is big or the next extent is not a
+	 * real extent, don't bother defragging it
 	 */
-	if ((*last_len == 0 || *last_len >= thresh) && em->len >= thresh)
+	if ((*last_len == 0 || *last_len >= thresh) &&
+	    (em->len >= thresh || !next_mergeable))
 		ret = 0;
-
 out:
 	/*
 	 * last_len ends up being a counter of how many bytes we've defragged.
@@ -1143,8 +1144,8 @@ int btrfs_defrag_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 			break;
 
 		if (!should_defrag_range(inode, (u64)i << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
-					 PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, extent_thresh,
-					 &last_len, &skip, &defrag_end)) {
+					 extent_thresh, &last_len, &skip,
+					 &defrag_end)) {
 			unsigned long next;
 			/*
 			 * the should_defrag function tells us how much to skip