diff --git a/subsys/fs/ext2/ext2_diskops.c b/subsys/fs/ext2/ext2_diskops.c
index 92fd298d64..7e6016a8ba 100644
--- a/subsys/fs/ext2/ext2_diskops.c
+++ b/subsys/fs/ext2/ext2_diskops.c
@@ -669,9 +669,11 @@ int64_t ext2_inode_remove_blocks(struct ext2_inode *inode, uint32_t first)
 
 	max_lvl = get_level_offsets(inode->i_fs, first, offsets);
 
-	if (all_zero(offsets, max_lvl)) {
-		/* We remove also the first block because all blocks referenced from it will be
-		 * deleted.
+	if (all_zero(&offsets[1], max_lvl)) {
+		/* The first block to remove is either:
+		 *  - one of the first 12 blocks in the indode
+		 *  - the first referenced block in the indirect block list;
+		 *    we remove also the indirect block
 		 */
 		start = offsets[0];
 	} else {