diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
index 1a8729eded8b..1e75417bfe6e 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
@@ -386,10 +386,6 @@ static struct bio *nilfs_alloc_seg_bio(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, sector_t start,
 	struct bio *bio;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, nr_vecs);
-	if (bio == NULL) {
-		while (!bio && (nr_vecs >>= 1))
-			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, nr_vecs);
-	}
 	if (likely(bio)) {
 		bio_set_dev(bio, nilfs->ns_bdev);
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector =