diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 99a2cf858c8f63593c671fc3b0253ee28e5557d1..759842ff8af050be473ce3cab3b754d7f413a67d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -638,8 +638,7 @@ ext4_xattr_set_entry(struct ext4_xattr_info *i, struct ext4_xattr_search *s)
 		free += EXT4_XATTR_LEN(name_len);
 	}
 	if (i->value) {
-		if (free < EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(i->value_len) ||
-		    free < EXT4_XATTR_LEN(name_len) +
+		if (free < EXT4_XATTR_LEN(name_len) +
 			   EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(i->value_len))
 			return -ENOSPC;
 	}