diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 3ea827d..04b53b5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4806,8 +4806,7 @@
 	 * and the replacement file is large.  Start IO on it now so
 	 * we don't add too much work to the end of the transaction
 	 */
-	if (new_inode && old_inode && S_ISREG(old_inode->i_mode) &&
-	    new_inode->i_size &&
+	if (new_inode && S_ISREG(old_inode->i_mode) && new_inode->i_size &&
 	    old_inode->i_size > BTRFS_ORDERED_OPERATIONS_FLUSH_LIMIT)
 		filemap_flush(old_inode->i_mapping);