diff --git a/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h b/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
index 413ef89c2d1ba32fe8507f29355d11c5873bc7d0..046fee8b6e9b3ee95d1d5f0c7a9ad7f94ef7c0c9 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ struct jffs2_sb_info {
 	struct rw_semaphore wbuf_sem;	/* Protects the write buffer */
 
 	struct delayed_work wbuf_dwork; /* write-buffer write-out work */
-	int wbuf_queued;                /* non-zero delayed work is queued */
-	spinlock_t wbuf_dwork_lock;     /* protects wbuf_dwork and and wbuf_queued */
 
 	unsigned char *oobbuf;
 	int oobavail; /* How many bytes are available for JFFS2 in OOB */
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
index a6597d60d76de751224243ddfe6d990cd6de7e87..09ed55190ee2c077524e38a11b4fe41c00f51ac9 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
@@ -1162,10 +1162,6 @@ static void delayed_wbuf_sync(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = work_to_sb(work);
 	struct super_block *sb = OFNI_BS_2SFFJ(c);
 
-	spin_lock(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
-	c->wbuf_queued = 0;
-	spin_unlock(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
-
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		jffs2_dbg(1, "%s()\n", __func__);
 		jffs2_flush_wbuf_gc(c, 0);
@@ -1180,14 +1176,9 @@ void jffs2_dirty_trigger(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
-	if (!c->wbuf_queued) {
+	delay = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
+	if (queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &c->wbuf_dwork, delay))
 		jffs2_dbg(1, "%s()\n", __func__);
-		delay = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
-		queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &c->wbuf_dwork, delay);
-		c->wbuf_queued = 1;
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
 }
 
 int jffs2_nand_flash_setup(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
@@ -1211,7 +1202,6 @@ int jffs2_nand_flash_setup(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 
 	/* Initialise write buffer */
 	init_rwsem(&c->wbuf_sem);
-	spin_lock_init(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&c->wbuf_dwork, delayed_wbuf_sync);
 	c->wbuf_pagesize = c->mtd->writesize;
 	c->wbuf_ofs = 0xFFFFFFFF;
@@ -1251,7 +1241,6 @@ int jffs2_dataflash_setup(struct jffs2_sb_info *c) {
 
 	/* Initialize write buffer */
 	init_rwsem(&c->wbuf_sem);
-	spin_lock_init(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&c->wbuf_dwork, delayed_wbuf_sync);
 	c->wbuf_pagesize =  c->mtd->erasesize;
 
@@ -1311,7 +1300,6 @@ int jffs2_nor_wbuf_flash_setup(struct jffs2_sb_info *c) {
 
 	/* Initialize write buffer */
 	init_rwsem(&c->wbuf_sem);
-	spin_lock_init(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&c->wbuf_dwork, delayed_wbuf_sync);
 
 	c->wbuf_pagesize = c->mtd->writesize;
@@ -1346,7 +1334,6 @@ int jffs2_ubivol_setup(struct jffs2_sb_info *c) {
 		return 0;
 
 	init_rwsem(&c->wbuf_sem);
-	spin_lock_init(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&c->wbuf_dwork, delayed_wbuf_sync);
 
 	c->wbuf_pagesize =  c->mtd->writesize;