diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index e57f1724db3e..71df1b1e8f75 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1195,9 +1195,6 @@ void update_atime(struct inode *inode)
 	if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_atime, &now)) {
 		inode->i_atime = now;
 		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
-	} else {
-		if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_atime, &now))
-			inode->i_atime = now;
 	}
 }