diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index ef3915666ebfd2e910d7f9e7a90215cb11fe9c8f..6274be64f4c555026e4afd00dbbe2613105aa21c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static noinline void compress_file_range(struct inode *inode,
 cont:
 	if (start == 0) {
 		/* lets try to make an inline extent */
-		if (ret || total_in < (actual_end - start)) {
+		if (ret || total_in < actual_end) {
 			/* we didn't compress the entire range, try
 			 * to make an uncompressed inline extent.
 			 */