diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index cf6c5f6..56a4cee 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1753,16 +1753,9 @@ ext4_can_extents_be_merged(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex1,
 	 */
 	if (ext1_ee_len + ext2_ee_len > EXT_INIT_MAX_LEN)
 		return 0;
-	/*
-	 * The check for IO to unwritten extent is somewhat racy as we
-	 * increment i_unwritten / set EXT4_STATE_DIO_UNWRITTEN only after
-	 * dropping i_data_sem. But reserved blocks should save us in that
-	 * case.
-	 */
+
 	if (ext4_ext_is_unwritten(ex1) &&
-	    (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_DIO_UNWRITTEN) ||
-	     atomic_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_unwritten) ||
-	     (ext1_ee_len + ext2_ee_len > EXT_UNWRITTEN_MAX_LEN)))
+	    ext1_ee_len + ext2_ee_len > EXT_UNWRITTEN_MAX_LEN)
 		return 0;
 #ifdef AGGRESSIVE_TEST
 	if (ext1_ee_len >= 4)