diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 5c650e28dcb6..c06f304f38ed 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -5902,8 +5902,7 @@ 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;
 
@@ -6125,8 +6124,7 @@ 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;