diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index e56c9ed7d6e30d523b7f8e4b638f9190427cf50d..2cdb98d62980187bd3e5a189271147461d5627bd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -127,19 +127,16 @@ static __le32 ext4_xattr_block_csum(struct inode *inode,
 				    struct ext4_xattr_header *hdr)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
-	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	__u32 csum, old;
 
 	old = hdr->h_checksum;
 	hdr->h_checksum = 0;
-	if (le32_to_cpu(hdr->h_refcount) != 1) {
-		block_nr = cpu_to_le64(block_nr);
-		csum = ext4_chksum(sbi, sbi->s_csum_seed, (__u8 *)&block_nr,
-				   sizeof(block_nr));
-	} else
-		csum = ei->i_csum_seed;
+	block_nr = cpu_to_le64(block_nr);
+	csum = ext4_chksum(sbi, sbi->s_csum_seed, (__u8 *)&block_nr,
+			   sizeof(block_nr));
 	csum = ext4_chksum(sbi, csum, (__u8 *)hdr,
 			   EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE(inode->i_sb));
+
 	hdr->h_checksum = old;
 	return cpu_to_le32(csum);
 }