diff --git a/fs/iomap.c b/fs/iomap.c
index fe3b9222dd46..2a20d50f0c1d 100644
--- a/fs/iomap.c
+++ b/fs/iomap.c
@@ -615,14 +615,9 @@ page_seek_hole_data(struct page *page, loff_t lastoff, int whence)
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * Unwritten extents that have data in the page cache covering
-		 * them can be identified by the BH_Unwritten state flag.
-		 * Pages with multiple buffers might have a mix of holes, data
-		 * and unwritten extents - any buffer with valid data in it
-		 * should have BH_Uptodate flag set on it.
+		 * Any buffer with valid data in it should have BH_Uptodate set.
 		 */
-
-		if ((buffer_unwritten(bh) || buffer_uptodate(bh)) == seek_data)
+		if (buffer_uptodate(bh) == seek_data)
 			return lastoff;
 
 		lastoff = offset;
@@ -634,8 +629,8 @@ page_seek_hole_data(struct page *page, loff_t lastoff, int whence)
  * Seek for SEEK_DATA / SEEK_HOLE in the page cache.
  *
  * Within unwritten extents, the page cache determines which parts are holes
- * and which are data: unwritten and uptodate buffer heads count as data;
- * everything else counts as a hole.
+ * and which are data: uptodate buffer heads count as data; everything else
+ * counts as a hole.
  *
  * Returns the resulting offset on successs, and -ENOENT otherwise.
  */