diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 591bd8e5e5c7..eeafa1bba824 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2039,8 +2039,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_check_limits(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 	if (bex->fe_len < gex->fe_len)
 		return;
 
-	if ((finish_group || ac->ac_found > sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan)
-			&& bex->fe_group == e4b->bd_group) {
+	if (finish_group && bex->fe_group == e4b->bd_group) {
 		/* recheck chunk's availability - we don't know
 		 * when it was found (within this lock-unlock
 		 * period or not) */