diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index c68d8e06f794b564ccca6254d9c638a1fd45d55b..1137597fbca518282b8b90633391c89c1685af76 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -1988,7 +1988,6 @@ int btrfs_read_block_groups(struct btrfs_fs_info *info)
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	path->reada = READA_FORWARD;
 
 	cache_gen = btrfs_super_cache_generation(info->super_copy);
 	if (btrfs_test_opt(info, SPACE_CACHE) &&