diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 720070d..d483635 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -857,11 +857,6 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	/* initialize new leaf */
 	newblock = ablocks[--a];
-	if (unlikely(newblock == 0)) {
-		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "newblock == 0!");
-		err = -EIO;
-		goto cleanup;
-	}
 	bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, newblock);
 	if (!bh) {
 		err = -EIO;