diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 1cb84f78909ee2d96a5721569cdbd383e9011a35..a683f958f12859df492d7eb93b8c51c48cec6ee6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2510,8 +2510,7 @@ static int empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 		 ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de1->rec_len, sb->s_blocksize);
 	de = ext4_next_entry(de1, sb->s_blocksize);
 	while (offset < inode->i_size) {
-		if (!bh ||
-		    (void *) de >= (void *) (bh->b_data+sb->s_blocksize)) {
+		if ((void *) de >= (void *) (bh->b_data+sb->s_blocksize)) {
 			unsigned int lblock;
 			err = 0;
 			brelse(bh);