diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 926c0d7d9a3d0220941be7027439e2ba44085dcb..ee717b73c2b1efe54cb718432d70dec45b9b6cd3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -6565,7 +6565,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	handle_t *handle = journal_current_handle();
 
-	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal && !handle) {
+	if (!handle) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "Quota write (off=%llu, len=%llu)"
 			" cancelled because transaction is not started",
 			(unsigned long long)off, (unsigned long long)len);