diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 8597110f50ef..3c288d4b19d2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2949,10 +2949,6 @@ again:
 	} else {
 		path = kcalloc(depth + 1, sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path),
 			       GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
-		if (path == NULL) {
-			ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
 		path[0].p_maxdepth = path[0].p_depth = depth;
 		path[0].p_hdr = ext_inode_hdr(inode);
 		i = 0;