diff --git a/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+Reader.swift b/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+Reader.swift
index d4a32dbc..bce5b425 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+Reader.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+Reader.swift
@@ -192,61 +192,61 @@ extension EXT4 {
         func getExtents(inode: InodeNumber) throws -> [(start: UInt32, end: UInt32)]? {
             let inode = try self.getInode(number: inode)
             let inodeBlock = Data(tupleToArray(inode.block))
-            var offset = 0
-            var extents: [(start: UInt32, end: UInt32)] = []
 
             let extentHeaderSize = MemoryLayout<ExtentHeader>.size
-            let extentIndexSize = MemoryLayout<ExtentIndex>.size
-            let extentLeafSize = MemoryLayout<ExtentLeaf>.size
-            // read extent header
-            let header = inodeBlock.subdata(in: offset..<offset + extentHeaderSize).withUnsafeBytes {
+            let header = inodeBlock.subdata(in: 0..<extentHeaderSize).withUnsafeBytes {
                 $0.loadLittleEndian(as: ExtentHeader.self)
             }
             guard header.magic == EXT4.ExtentHeaderMagic else {
                 return []
             }
-            offset += extentHeaderSize  // Jump to entries
-            switch header.depth {
-            case 0:
-                // When depth is 0 the extent header is followed by extent leaves
+            var extents: [(start: UInt32, end: UInt32)] = []
+            try readExtentNode(data: inodeBlock, header: header, into: &extents)
+            return extents
+        }
+
+        /// Recursively reads extent tree nodes. For leaf nodes (depth 0), appends
+        /// extent mappings directly. For index nodes (depth > 0), follows each
+        /// index entry to a child block and recurses.
+        private func readExtentNode(
+            data: Data,
+            header: ExtentHeader,
+            into extents: inout [(start: UInt32, end: UInt32)]
+        ) throws {
+            let extentHeaderSize = MemoryLayout<ExtentHeader>.size
+            let extentIndexSize = MemoryLayout<ExtentIndex>.size
+            let extentLeafSize = MemoryLayout<ExtentLeaf>.size
+            var offset = extentHeaderSize
+
+            if header.depth == 0 {
+                // Leaf node: entries are ExtentLeaf mappings
                 for _ in 0..<header.entries {
-                    let leaf = inodeBlock.subdata(in: offset..<offset + extentLeafSize).withUnsafeBytes {
-                        $0.load(as: ExtentLeaf.self)
+                    let leaf = data.subdata(in: offset..<offset + extentLeafSize).withUnsafeBytes {
+                        $0.loadLittleEndian(as: ExtentLeaf.self)
                     }
                     extents.append((leaf.startLow, leaf.startLow + UInt32(leaf.length)))
                     offset += extentLeafSize
                 }
-            case 1:
-                // When depth is 1 the extent header is followed by extent indices which point to leaves
+            } else {
+                // Index node: entries are ExtentIndex pointers to child blocks
                 for _ in 0..<header.entries {
-                    let indexNode = inodeBlock.subdata(in: offset..<offset + extentIndexSize).withUnsafeBytes {
-                        $0.load(as: ExtentIndex.self)
+                    let indexNode = data.subdata(in: offset..<offset + extentIndexSize).withUnsafeBytes {
+                        $0.loadLittleEndian(as: ExtentIndex.self)
                     }
                     try self.seek(block: indexNode.leafLow)
                     guard let block = try self.handle.read(upToCount: Int(self.blockSize)) else {
                         throw EXT4.Error.couldNotReadBlock(indexNode.leafLow)
                     }
-                    var blockOffset = 0
-                    let leafHeader = block.subdata(in: blockOffset..<extentHeaderSize).withUnsafeBytes {
+                    let childHeader = block.subdata(in: 0..<extentHeaderSize).withUnsafeBytes {
                         $0.loadLittleEndian(as: ExtentHeader.self)
                     }
-                    guard leafHeader.magic == EXT4.ExtentHeaderMagic else {
+                    guard childHeader.magic == EXT4.ExtentHeaderMagic else {
                         throw Error.invalidExtents
                     }
-                    blockOffset += extentHeaderSize
-                    for _ in 0..<leafHeader.entries {
-                        let leaf = block.subdata(in: blockOffset..<blockOffset + extentLeafSize).withUnsafeBytes {
-                            $0.loadLittleEndian(as: ExtentLeaf.self)
-                        }
-                        extents.append((leaf.startLow, leaf.startLow + UInt32(leaf.length)))
-                        blockOffset += extentLeafSize
-                    }
+                    try readExtentNode(data: block, header: childHeader, into: &extents)
                     offset += extentIndexSize
                 }
-            default:
-                throw Error.deepExtentsUnimplemented
             }
-            return extents
         }
 
         // MARK: Internal functions
diff --git a/Tests/ContainerizationEXT4Tests/TestEXT4Reader+IO.swift b/Tests/ContainerizationEXT4Tests/TestEXT4Reader+IO.swift
index 5a773952..33794c71 100644
--- a/Tests/ContainerizationEXT4Tests/TestEXT4Reader+IO.swift
+++ b/Tests/ContainerizationEXT4Tests/TestEXT4Reader+IO.swift
@@ -548,6 +548,38 @@ struct EXT4PathIOTests {
         #expect(String(decoding: partialData, as: UTF8.self) == expectedContent)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    func multiExtentFileReadback() throws {
+        // Create an image large enough that the formatter produces multiple extents
+        // by interleaving file creation (which can cause non-contiguous allocation).
+        // This exercises the recursive readExtentNode() path for depth 0 and depth 1.
+        let url = try buildFS(minDiskSize: 32 * 1024 * 1024) { fmt in
+            // Create many files to consume blocks, then a large file that may
+            // span multiple extents due to intervening allocations.
+            for i in 0..<50 {
+                let content = String(repeating: Character(UnicodeScalar(65 + (i % 26))!), count: 8192)
+                try self.createFile(fmt, "/filler_\(i).txt", content)
+            }
+            // Create a large file — the formatter writes this contiguously, but the
+            // reader still exercises getExtents() → readExtentNode() with depth 0.
+            let bigContent = String(repeating: "X", count: 512 * 1024)
+            try self.createFile(fmt, "/big.bin", bigContent)
+        }
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: url) }
+
+        let r = try openReader(url)
+
+        // Verify the large file reads back correctly
+        let data = try r.readFile(at: FilePath("/big.bin"))
+        #expect(data.count == 512 * 1024)
+        #expect(data.allSatisfy { $0 == UInt8(ascii: "X") })
+
+        // Verify filler files also read correctly
+        let filler0 = try r.readFile(at: FilePath("/filler_0.txt"))
+        #expect(filler0.count == 8192)
+        #expect(filler0.allSatisfy { $0 == UInt8(ascii: "A") })
+    }
+
     @Test
     func largeFileReadAcrossBlocks() throws {
         // Keep this modest to avoid slow CI while still crossing multiple blocks.