diff --git a/fs/iomap/bio.c b/fs/iomap/bio.c
index cb60d1facb5a..80bbd328bd3c 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/bio.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/bio.c
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ static void iomap_read_end_io(struct bio *bio)
 static void iomap_bio_submit_read(const struct iomap_iter *iter,
 		struct iomap_read_folio_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	struct bio *bio = ctx->read_ctx;
-
-	if (bio)
-		submit_bio(bio);
+	submit_bio(ctx->read_ctx);
 }
 
 static void iomap_read_alloc_bio(const struct iomap_iter *iter,
diff --git a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
index f4ee2b1cb877..3cf93ab2e38a 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ void iomap_read_folio(const struct iomap_ops *ops,
 		iter.status = iomap_read_folio_iter(&iter, ctx,
 				&bytes_submitted);
 
-	if (ctx->ops->submit_read)
+	if (ctx->read_ctx && ctx->ops->submit_read)
 		ctx->ops->submit_read(&iter, ctx);
 
 	if (ctx->cur_folio)
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ void iomap_readahead(const struct iomap_ops *ops,
 		iter.status = iomap_readahead_iter(&iter, ctx,
 					&cur_bytes_submitted);
 
-	if (ctx->ops->submit_read)
+	if (ctx->read_ctx && ctx->ops->submit_read)
 		ctx->ops->submit_read(&iter, ctx);
 
 	if (ctx->cur_folio)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 511967ef7ec9..7ab4e18f8013 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -656,8 +656,7 @@ static void ntfs_iomap_bio_submit_read(const struct iomap_iter *iter,
 {
 	struct bio *bio = ctx->read_ctx;
 
-	if (bio)
-		submit_bio(bio);
+	submit_bio(bio);
 }
 
 static const struct iomap_read_ops ntfs_iomap_bio_read_ops = {