diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 65dbd2bcf7755116c9c4d6f260033cc75a135fc1..3e1014fe835efbd4bfe1e61e6b67f6c982404648 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4700,7 +4700,7 @@ static int ext4_alloc_file_blocks(struct file *file, ext4_lblk_t offset,
 		/*
 		 * Recalculate credits when extent tree depth changes.
 		 */
-		if (depth >= 0 && depth != ext_depth(inode)) {
+		if (depth != ext_depth(inode)) {
 			credits = ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode, len);
 			depth = ext_depth(inode);
 		}