diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index dcc847ceaebee..c2e13db145631 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -4260,7 +4260,7 @@ xfs_bmapi_allocate(
 	if (bma->wasdel) {
 		bma->length = (xfs_extlen_t)bma->got.br_blockcount;
 		bma->offset = bma->got.br_startoff;
-		if (bma->idx != NULLEXTNUM && bma->idx) {
+		if (bma->idx) {
 			xfs_bmbt_get_all(xfs_iext_get_ext(ifp, bma->idx - 1),
 					 &bma->prev);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_types.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_types.h
index 8d74870468c24..f9a1076de911e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_types.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_types.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ typedef __int64_t	xfs_sfiloff_t;	/* signed block number in a file */
 
 #define	NULLAGBLOCK	((xfs_agblock_t)-1)
 #define	NULLAGNUMBER	((xfs_agnumber_t)-1)
-#define	NULLEXTNUM	((xfs_extnum_t)-1)
 
 #define NULLCOMMITLSN	((xfs_lsn_t)-1)