diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 4ead6da5a6451106b95669831a7a61e5cd7b38d2..3738d245518cad6aea459541cde169d366567555 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -4062,9 +4062,6 @@ static void flush_epd_write_bio(struct extent_page_data *epd)
 	if (epd->bio) {
 		int ret;
 
-		bio_set_op_attrs(epd->bio, REQ_OP_WRITE,
-				 epd->sync_io ? REQ_SYNC : 0);
-
 		ret = submit_one_bio(epd->bio, 0, epd->bio_flags);
 		BUG_ON(ret < 0); /* -ENOMEM */
 		epd->bio = NULL;