diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index f1089cba913a..46b5c9fdc96a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1891,11 +1891,10 @@ has_space:
 	nearex->ee_len = newext->ee_len;
 
 merge:
-	/* try to merge extents to the right */
+	/* try to merge extents */
 	if (!(flag & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO))
 		ext4_ext_try_to_merge(inode, path, nearex);
 
-	/* try to merge extents to the left */
 
 	/* time to correct all indexes above */
 	err = ext4_ext_correct_indexes(handle, inode, path);