diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 3eb326a54bf1285e19537f7fd43f095d86831eb2..fd052a88e9ecca635bce0cd723e0fab68841039d 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -1676,10 +1676,8 @@ __journal_try_to_free_buffer(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh)
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	if (jh->b_cp_transaction != NULL && jh->b_transaction == NULL) {
 		/* written-back checkpointed metadata buffer */
-		if (jh->b_jlist == BJ_None) {
-			JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "remove from checkpoint list");
-			__jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(jh);
-		}
+		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "remove from checkpoint list");
+		__jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(jh);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 out: