diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
index a080cf888982..9772a947ca4f 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
@@ -133,16 +133,16 @@ static int pblk_recov_l2p_from_emeta(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 	struct pblk_emeta *emeta = line->emeta;
 	struct line_emeta *emeta_buf = emeta->buf;
 	__le64 *lba_list;
-	int data_start, data_end;
-	int nr_valid_lbas, nr_lbas = 0;
-	int i;
+	u64 data_start, data_end;
+	u64 nr_valid_lbas, nr_lbas = 0;
+	u64 i;
 
 	lba_list = pblk_recov_get_lba_list(pblk, emeta_buf);
 	if (!lba_list)
 		return 1;
 
 	data_start = pblk_line_smeta_start(pblk, line) + lm->smeta_sec;
-	data_end = lm->sec_per_line - lm->emeta_sec[0];
+	data_end = line->emeta_ssec;
 	nr_valid_lbas = le64_to_cpu(emeta_buf->nr_valid_lbas);
 
 	for (i = data_start; i < data_end; i++) {
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ static int pblk_recov_l2p_from_emeta(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 	}
 
 	if (nr_valid_lbas != nr_lbas)
-		pr_err("pblk: line %d - inconsistent lba list(%llu/%d)\n",
-				line->id, emeta_buf->nr_valid_lbas, nr_lbas);
+		pr_err("pblk: line %d - inconsistent lba list(%llu/%llu)\n",
+				line->id, nr_valid_lbas, nr_lbas);
 
 	line->left_msecs = 0;
 
@@ -827,10 +827,32 @@ static void pblk_recov_line_add_ordered(struct list_head *head,
 	__list_add(&line->list, t->list.prev, &t->list);
 }
 
-struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
+static u64 pblk_line_emeta_start(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 {
 	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
 	struct nvm_geo *geo = &dev->geo;
+	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
+	unsigned int emeta_secs;
+	u64 emeta_start;
+	struct ppa_addr ppa;
+	int pos;
+
+	emeta_secs = lm->emeta_sec[0];
+	emeta_start = lm->sec_per_line;
+
+	while (emeta_secs) {
+		emeta_start--;
+		ppa = addr_to_pblk_ppa(pblk, emeta_start, line->id);
+		pos = pblk_ppa_to_pos(geo, ppa);
+		if (!test_bit(pos, line->blk_bitmap))
+			emeta_secs--;
+	}
+
+	return emeta_start;
+}
+
+struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
+{
 	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
 	struct pblk_line_mgmt *l_mg = &pblk->l_mg;
 	struct pblk_line *line, *tline, *data_line = NULL;
@@ -930,15 +952,9 @@ struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 
 	/* Verify closed blocks and recover this portion of L2P table*/
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(line, tline, &recov_list, list) {
-		int off, nr_bb;
-
 		recovered_lines++;
-		/* Calculate where emeta starts based on the line bb */
-		off = lm->sec_per_line - lm->emeta_sec[0];
-		nr_bb = bitmap_weight(line->blk_bitmap, lm->blk_per_line);
-		off -= nr_bb * geo->sec_per_pl;
 
-		line->emeta_ssec = off;
+		line->emeta_ssec = pblk_line_emeta_start(pblk, line);
 		line->emeta = emeta;
 		memset(line->emeta->buf, 0, lm->emeta_len[0]);