diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index d091133a4b46..cbdd84e49f2c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ int ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
 				    struct page **pagep,
 				    void **fsdata)
 {
-	int ret, inline_size;
+	int ret;
 	handle_t *handle;
 	struct page *page;
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
@@ -928,14 +928,9 @@ int ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	inline_size = ext4_get_max_inline_size(inode);
-
-	ret = -ENOSPC;
-	if (inline_size >= pos + len) {
-		ret = ext4_prepare_inline_data(handle, inode, pos + len);
-		if (ret && ret != -ENOSPC)
-			goto out_journal;
-	}
+	ret = ext4_prepare_inline_data(handle, inode, pos + len);
+	if (ret && ret != -ENOSPC)
+		goto out_journal;
 
 	/*
 	 * We cannot recurse into the filesystem as the transaction