diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 44eb6e7eb492f2fc302cbe0652fd83269e7d2950..f4d5c624c4dc45aa91d4baaf60ff5229a73ef2a1 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ static void ext2_put_super (struct super_block * sb)
 	}
 	db_count = sbi->s_gdb_count;
 	for (i = 0; i < db_count; i++)
-		if (sbi->s_group_desc[i])
-			brelse (sbi->s_group_desc[i]);
+		brelse(sbi->s_group_desc[i]);
 	kfree(sbi->s_group_desc);
 	kfree(sbi->s_debts);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter);