diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 1106ee17aa217..4af3f36c8351d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -693,10 +693,8 @@ void ext4_ext_drop_refs(struct ext4_ext_path *path)
 		return;
 	depth = path->p_depth;
 	for (i = 0; i <= depth; i++, path++) {
-		if (path->p_bh) {
-			brelse(path->p_bh);
-			path->p_bh = NULL;
-		}
+		brelse(path->p_bh);
+		path->p_bh = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 7d2f6576d9544..cba4b877c606b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1356,8 +1356,7 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_write(handle_t *handle, struct inode *ea_inode,
 
 	block = 0;
 	while (wsize < bufsize) {
-		if (bh != NULL)
-			brelse(bh);
+		brelse(bh);
 		csize = (bufsize - wsize) > blocksize ? blocksize :
 								bufsize - wsize;
 		bh = ext4_getblk(handle, ea_inode, block, 0);