diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 7cd99de8c4ba..90b264928742 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3713,7 +3713,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	 */
 	inode_lock_shared(inode);
 	ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, iocb->ki_pos,
-					   iocb->ki_pos + count);
+					   iocb->ki_pos + count - 1);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	ret = __blockdev_direct_IO(iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,