diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
index 74caffeeee1d..56a768d06aa6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
@@ -904,9 +904,6 @@ static int ocfs2_move_extents(struct ocfs2_move_extents_context *context)
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
-	if (!inode)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
 	if (ocfs2_is_hard_readonly(osb) || ocfs2_is_soft_readonly(osb))
 		return -EROFS;