diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index f8dde99da1cf..5bc7fd0240a1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -6114,7 +6114,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	handle_t *handle = journal_current_handle();
 
-	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal && !handle) {
+	if (!handle) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "Quota write (off=%llu, len=%llu)"
 			" cancelled because transaction is not started",
 			(unsigned long long)off, (unsigned long long)len);