diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index 0e1463d0c334d779d6a62b6e592c66c1035f2afd..de97d86ddff425688115405fe5e6471b494ac9cc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -400,12 +400,6 @@ static bool check_should_bypass(struct cached_dev *dc, struct bio *bio)
 	if (!congested && !dc->sequential_cutoff)
 		goto rescale;
 
-	if (!congested &&
-	    mode == CACHE_MODE_WRITEBACK &&
-	    op_is_write(bio->bi_opf) &&
-	    op_is_sync(bio->bi_opf))
-		goto rescale;
-
 	spin_lock(&dc->io_lock);
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry(i, iohash(dc, bio->bi_iter.bi_sector), hash)