diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index 3165aeb..31b9463 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@
 	}
 
 	el = path_leaf_el(path);
-	rec = &el->l_recs[le32_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1];
+	rec = &el->l_recs[le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1];
 
 	ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(handle, et, path, rec);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index cf78233..a7b7217 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -1036,14 +1036,14 @@
 
 	tmp_el = left_path->p_node[subtree_root].el;
 	blkno = left_path->p_node[subtree_root+1].bh->b_blocknr;
-	for (i = 0; i < le32_to_cpu(tmp_el->l_next_free_rec); i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(tmp_el->l_next_free_rec); i++) {
 		if (le64_to_cpu(tmp_el->l_recs[i].e_blkno) == blkno) {
 			*cpos_end = le32_to_cpu(tmp_el->l_recs[i+1].e_cpos);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 
-	BUG_ON(i == le32_to_cpu(tmp_el->l_next_free_rec));
+	BUG_ON(i == le16_to_cpu(tmp_el->l_next_free_rec));
 
 out:
 	ocfs2_free_path(left_path);