diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index d052c2051632..3f2c5c05359e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1792,8 +1792,7 @@ static int transaction_kthread(void *arg)
 
 		now = ktime_get_seconds();
 		if (cur->state < TRANS_STATE_COMMIT_START &&
-		    (now < cur->start_time ||
-		     now - cur->start_time < fs_info->commit_interval)) {
+		    now - cur->start_time < fs_info->commit_interval) {
 			spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 			delay = msecs_to_jiffies(5000);
 			goto sleep;