diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index f1c25f83fc7d..8d1e60214ef0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2712,8 +2712,7 @@ int ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 	kfree(sbi->s_mb_offsets);
 	kfree(sbi->s_mb_maxs);
-	if (sbi->s_buddy_cache)
-		iput(sbi->s_buddy_cache);
+	iput(sbi->s_buddy_cache);
 	if (sbi->s_mb_stats) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO,
 		       "mballoc: %u blocks %u reqs (%u success)",