diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index 12cc967c5c032935f8413aa396d26e8630eb7cc8..511e2d609d129f6171bf18bdbe5c9c8c09123d12 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ static void jffs2_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_write_super()\n"));
-		spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
-		jffs2_garbage_collect_trigger(c);
-		spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
-		jffs2_erase_pending_blocks(c, 0);
 		jffs2_flush_wbuf_gc(c, 0);
 	}