diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 43aa2dd0bc7d..f267718cbd1a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -819,7 +819,6 @@ int btrfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	btrfs_start_delalloc_inodes(root, 0);
 	btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(root, 0, 0);
 
 	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);