diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 5f8ba210c0aa..946a7f1b3295 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3009,7 +3009,6 @@ int btrfs_truncate_inode_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	int pending_del_nr = 0;
 	int pending_del_slot = 0;
 	int extent_type = -1;
-	int encoding;
 	int ret;
 	int err = 0;
 	u64 ino = btrfs_ino(inode);
@@ -3059,7 +3058,6 @@ search_again:
 		leaf = path->nodes[0];
 		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &found_key, path->slots[0]);
 		found_type = btrfs_key_type(&found_key);
-		encoding = 0;
 
 		if (found_key.objectid != ino)
 			break;
@@ -3072,10 +3070,6 @@ search_again:
 			fi = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, path->slots[0],
 					    struct btrfs_file_extent_item);
 			extent_type = btrfs_file_extent_type(leaf, fi);
-			encoding = btrfs_file_extent_compression(leaf, fi);
-			encoding |= btrfs_file_extent_encryption(leaf, fi);
-			encoding |= btrfs_file_extent_other_encoding(leaf, fi);
-
 			if (extent_type != BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_INLINE) {
 				item_end +=
 				    btrfs_file_extent_num_bytes(leaf, fi);
@@ -3103,7 +3097,7 @@ search_again:
 		if (extent_type != BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_INLINE) {
 			u64 num_dec;
 			extent_start = btrfs_file_extent_disk_bytenr(leaf, fi);
-			if (!del_item && !encoding) {
+			if (!del_item) {
 				u64 orig_num_bytes =
 					btrfs_file_extent_num_bytes(leaf, fi);
 				extent_num_bytes = new_size -