diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 4f437fabb7f0..71888ac903c2 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int setattr_prepare(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 		 * covered by the open-time check because sys_truncate() takes a
 		 * path, not an open file.
 		 */
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_VERITY) && IS_VERITY(inode))
+		if (IS_VERITY(inode))
 			return -EPERM;
 
 		error = inode_newsize_ok(inode, attr->ia_size);