diff --git a/fs/ceph/quota.c b/fs/ceph/quota.c
index 19507e2fdb57..7377838d3f8b 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/quota.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/quota.c
@@ -361,8 +361,6 @@ static bool check_quota_exceeded(struct inode *inode, enum quota_check_op op,
 		spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 		switch (op) {
 		case QUOTA_CHECK_MAX_FILES_OP:
-			exceeded = (max && (rvalue >= max));
-			break;
 		case QUOTA_CHECK_MAX_BYTES_OP:
 			exceeded = (max && (rvalue + delta > max));
 			break;
@@ -417,7 +415,7 @@ bool ceph_quota_is_max_files_exceeded(struct inode *inode)
 
 	WARN_ON(!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode));
 
-	return check_quota_exceeded(inode, QUOTA_CHECK_MAX_FILES_OP, 0);
+	return check_quota_exceeded(inode, QUOTA_CHECK_MAX_FILES_OP, 1);
 }
 
 /*