diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/ThreadPoolMergeScheduler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/ThreadPoolMergeScheduler.java
index a10afd98f8585..9e490037b55e4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/ThreadPoolMergeScheduler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/ThreadPoolMergeScheduler.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ private void maybeActivateThrottling() {
 
     private void maybeDeactivateThrottling() {
         int numActiveMerges = activeMergeTasksExecutingOnLocalSchedulerList.size();
-        if (numActiveMerges <= config.getMaxMergeCount() && isThrottling.getAndSet(false) == true) {
+        if (numActiveMerges <= config.getMaxMergeCount() && isThrottling.getAndSet(false)) {
             deactivateThrottling(numActiveMerges);
         }
     }