diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 5aa3b8182d96..fb260bbf59c6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -1511,17 +1511,11 @@ static long btrfs_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 
 static int btrfs_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(sb);
-	mutex_lock(&fs_info->transaction_kthread_mutex);
-	mutex_lock(&fs_info->cleaner_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int btrfs_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(sb);
-	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->cleaner_mutex);
-	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->transaction_kthread_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }