diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 2a3e310..002ad2b 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -261,10 +261,8 @@
 			struct buffer_head *bh = jh2bh(jh);
 
 			jbd_lock_bh_state(bh);
-			if (jh->b_committed_data) {
-				kfree(jh->b_committed_data);
-				jh->b_committed_data = NULL;
-			}
+			kfree(jh->b_committed_data);
+			jh->b_committed_data = NULL;
 			jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
 		}
 		journal_refile_buffer(journal, jh);