diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index 92e2c9f1595120c1f2c962c486ae7c6d03f45a58..c8ca5483226e0295447ce9d4852e59677594fee1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -2406,7 +2406,6 @@ static int qgroup_reserve(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 num_bytes, bool enforce,
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 	u64 ref_root = root->root_key.objectid;
 	int ret = 0;
-	int retried = 0;
 	struct ulist_node *unode;
 	struct ulist_iterator uiter;
 
@@ -2420,7 +2419,6 @@ static int qgroup_reserve(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 num_bytes, bool enforce,
 	    capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
 		enforce = false;
 
-retry:
 	spin_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_lock);
 	quota_root = fs_info->quota_root;
 	if (!quota_root)
@@ -2447,27 +2445,6 @@ static int qgroup_reserve(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 num_bytes, bool enforce,
 		qg = unode_aux_to_qgroup(unode);
 
 		if (enforce && !qgroup_check_limits(qg, num_bytes)) {
-			/*
-			 * Commit the tree and retry, since we may have
-			 * deletions which would free up space.
-			 */
-			if (!retried && qgroup_rsv_total(qg) > 0) {
-				struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
-
-				spin_unlock(&fs_info->qgroup_lock);
-				ret = btrfs_start_delalloc_inodes(root, 0);
-				if (ret)
-					return ret;
-				btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(root, U64_MAX, 0, (u64)-1);
-				trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
-				if (IS_ERR(trans))
-					return PTR_ERR(trans);
-				ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
-				if (ret)
-					return ret;
-				retried++;
-				goto retry;
-			}
 			ret = -EDQUOT;
 			goto out;
 		}