diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index f3d68457e66aa29d9af45e950c0e5503bee29729..35f650e183e18a25f554592241391ed6b1045eeb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,6 @@ long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
 	case BTRFS_IOC_TRANS_END:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_trans_end(file);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_SYNC:
-		btrfs_start_delalloc_inodes(root);
 		btrfs_sync_fs(file->f_dentry->d_sb, 1);
 		return 0;
 	}