diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 0fd921ada897..8091dabf4167 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -1019,8 +1019,6 @@ static inline int should_optimize_scan(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 		return 0;
 	if (ac->ac_criteria >= 2)
 		return 0;
-	if (!ext4_test_inode_flag(ac->ac_inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))
-		return 0;
 	return 1;
 }