diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 38fc339228327bc6ede74a3a283f961165aeb2f7..c4a99fb61c3e4eb01b5d45a242320d054dacb019 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2262,8 +2262,6 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	ssize_t written = 0;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	size_t count = iov_iter_count(from), orig_count;
-	loff_t old_size;
-	u32 old_clusters;
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
@@ -2367,13 +2365,6 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		ocfs2_iocb_set_unaligned_aio(iocb);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * To later detect whether a journal commit for sync writes is
-	 * necessary, we sample i_size, and cluster count here.
-	 */
-	old_size = i_size_read(inode);
-	old_clusters = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters;
-
 	/* communicate with ocfs2_dio_end_io */
 	ocfs2_iocb_set_rw_locked(iocb, rw_level);