BUG_ON(index >= le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec));
        left_rec = &el->l_recs[index];
 
-       if (index == le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec - 1) &&
+       if (index == le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1 &&
            le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == le16_to_cpu(el->l_count)) {
                /* we meet with a cross extent block merge. */
                ret = ocfs2_get_right_path(inode, left_path, &right_path);
                BUG_ON(next_free <= 0);
                right_rec = &right_el->l_recs[0];
                if (ocfs2_is_empty_extent(right_rec)) {
-                       BUG_ON(le16_to_cpu(next_free) <= 1);
+                       BUG_ON(next_free <= 1);
                        right_rec = &right_el->l_recs[1];
                }