diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 797f1d3114ef22684fed08d076e9d329d01c8807..2584710f64596117c57f004b01e84cbf51fb7191 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ int gfs2_inplace_reserve(struct gfs2_inode *ip, const struct gfs2_alloc_parms *a
 		/* Skip unuseable resource groups */
 		if ((rs->rs_rbm.rgd->rd_flags & (GFS2_RGF_NOALLOC |
 						 GFS2_RDF_ERROR)) ||
-		    (ap && (ap->target > rs->rs_rbm.rgd->rd_extfail_pt)))
+		    (ap->target > rs->rs_rbm.rgd->rd_extfail_pt))
 			goto skip_rgrp;
 
 		if (sdp->sd_args.ar_rgrplvb)