diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.c b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
index 6f35d19eec25..eb9c0578978f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
@@ -1463,8 +1463,7 @@ static int gfs2_dir_read_leaf(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx,
 				sort_offset : entries, copied);
 out_free:
 	for(i = 0; i < leaf; i++)
-		if (larr[i])
-			brelse(larr[i]);
+		brelse(larr[i]);
 	kvfree(larr);
 out:
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.h b/fs/gfs2/dir.h
index 0ac2dc8564df..5b76480c17c9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dir.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.h
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ extern int gfs2_dir_add(struct inode *inode, const struct qstr *filename,
 			const struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct gfs2_diradd *da);
 static inline void gfs2_dir_no_add(struct gfs2_diradd *da)
 {
-	if (da->bh)
-		brelse(da->bh);
+	brelse(da->bh);
 	da->bh = NULL;
 }
 extern int gfs2_dir_del(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct dentry *dentry);