1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index ce0cd29efa9e..7f29464c0ebf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
         /*
          * ok we haven't committed the transaction yet, lets do a commit
          */
-        if (file && file->private_data)
+        if (file->private_data)
                 btrfs_ioctl_trans_end(file);
 
         trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);