diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
index 93f775c13b66..520f5ef3743c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
@@ -712,12 +712,6 @@ xfs_reflink_end_cow_extent(
 	int			nmaps;
 	int			error;
 
-	/* No COW extents?  That's easy! */
-	if (ifp->if_bytes == 0) {
-		*offset_fsb = end_fsb;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	resblks = XFS_EXTENTADD_SPACE_RES(mp, XFS_DATA_FORK);
 	error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_write, resblks, 0,
 			XFS_TRANS_RESERVE, &tp);