diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 9c0214689de024c27098cf59f80399105873ee1d..7d865608e8175f2d9ed323517306c36e42b88ba4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -512,8 +512,6 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
 		es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
-		BUFFER_TRACE(sbi->s_sbh, "marking dirty");
-		mark_buffer_dirty(sbi->s_sbh);
 		ext4_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
 	}
 	if (sbi->s_proc) {