diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 7cd2f2c07858..412d2f6a0b91 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -5202,8 +5202,7 @@ static int ext4_try_to_trim_range(struct super_block *sb,
 	void *bitmap;
 
 	bitmap = e4b->bd_bitmap;
-	start = (e4b->bd_info->bb_first_free > start) ?
-		e4b->bd_info->bb_first_free : start;
+	start = max(e4b->bd_info->bb_first_free, start);
 	count = 0;
 	free_count = 0;
 
@@ -5423,8 +5422,7 @@ ext4_mballoc_query_range(
 
 	ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
 
-	start = (e4b.bd_info->bb_first_free > start) ?
-		e4b.bd_info->bb_first_free : start;
+	start = max(e4b.bd_info->bb_first_free, start);
 	if (end >= EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb))
 		end = EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb) - 1;