diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c
index ae2e907adc73..033a079fb3f3 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c
@@ -472,8 +472,7 @@ bool bch2_trans_relock(struct btree_trans *trans)
 	struct btree_iter *iter;
 
 	trans_for_each_iter(trans, iter)
-		if (btree_iter_keep(trans, iter) &&
-		    !bch2_btree_iter_relock(iter, true)) {
+		if (!bch2_btree_iter_relock(iter, true)) {
 			trace_trans_restart_relock(trans->ip);
 			return false;
 		}