diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
index db939d401f1f..43fba01da6c3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
@@ -1553,9 +1553,6 @@ static unsigned long ext4_es_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
 	ret = percpu_counter_read_positive(&sbi->s_es_stats.es_stats_shk_cnt);
 	trace_ext4_es_shrink_scan_enter(sbi->s_sb, nr_to_scan, ret);
 
-	if (!nr_to_scan)
-		return ret;
-
 	nr_shrunk = __es_shrink(sbi, nr_to_scan, NULL);
 
 	ret = percpu_counter_read_positive(&sbi->s_es_stats.es_stats_shk_cnt);