diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index ed5e80ef48c4..fdce4eebce0c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3485,7 +3485,6 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto failed_mount_wq;
 	} else {
 		clear_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS);
-		set_opt(sb, WRITEBACK_DATA);
 		sbi->s_journal = NULL;
 		needs_recovery = 0;
 		goto no_journal;