diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index bb8641103d26..604139565cab 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -1163,9 +1163,6 @@ static long ntfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t le
 	if (!NVolFreeClusterKnown(vol))
 		wait_event(vol->free_waitq, NVolFreeClusterKnown(vol));
 
-	if ((ni->vol->mft_zone_end - ni->vol->mft_zone_start) == 0)
-		return -ENOSPC;
-
 	if (NInoNonResident(ni) && !NInoFullyMapped(ni)) {
 		down_write(&ni->runlist.lock);
 		err = ntfs_attr_map_whole_runlist(ni);