diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 6132353dcf62..2a1cb0979768 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2416,8 +2416,6 @@ static int ext4_ext_zeroout(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex)
 			len = ee_len;
 
 		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, len);
-		if (!bio)
-			return -ENOMEM;
 		bio->bi_sector = ee_pblock;
 		bio->bi_bdev   = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;