diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 6c39d1a559076bbbc9fd68cc32ae6d96032aede3..afde837644e55f3e7c7db58ea693d37680797ca3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -1140,12 +1140,9 @@ int btrfs_defrag_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 		if (!(inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE))
 			break;
 
-		if (!newer_than &&
-		    !should_defrag_range(inode, (u64)i << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
-					PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
-					extent_thresh,
-					&last_len, &skip,
-					&defrag_end)) {
+		if (!should_defrag_range(inode, (u64)i << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
+					 PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, extent_thresh,
+					 &last_len, &skip, &defrag_end)) {
 			unsigned long next;
 			/*
 			 * the should_defrag function tells us how much to skip