diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index f8fccaaad6282b097f75fae49f2aa4d6c2e6c390..64d44efad7a5d6752ad5c867ff7d10dd0b94b1e3 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ menu "File systems"
 
 if BLOCK
 
-config FS_JOURNAL_INFO
-	bool
-	default n
-
 source "fs/ext2/Kconfig"
 source "fs/ext3/Kconfig"
 source "fs/ext4/Kconfig"
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/Kconfig b/fs/btrfs/Kconfig
index 402afe0a0bfbbab01e307800716c8b2553dc6479..7bb3c020e570d9a1e0d2d640f6c9127df8e57a01 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/btrfs/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BTRFS_FS
 	select LIBCRC32C
 	select ZLIB_INFLATE
 	select ZLIB_DEFLATE
-	select FS_JOURNAL_INFO
 	help
 	  Btrfs is a new filesystem with extents, writable snapshotting,
 	  support for multiple devices and many more features.
diff --git a/fs/ext4/Kconfig b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
index e5f6774846e46337d9e2e39790c239815f20caf3..9acf7e808139d3df688da7d66ffb33b5cf081d8e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config EXT4_FS
 	tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem"
 	select JBD2
 	select CRC16
-	select FS_JOURNAL_INFO
 	help
 	  This is the next generation of the ext3 filesystem.
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/Kconfig b/fs/gfs2/Kconfig
index b192c661caa69a3c04b8d499c85721297a3cd9f2..4dcddf83326f45f7dd874587ef915b7844d60b0b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/gfs2/Kconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ config GFS2_FS
 	select SLOW_WORK
 	select QUOTA
 	select QUOTACTL
-	select FS_JOURNAL_INFO
 	help
 	  A cluster filesystem.
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd/Kconfig b/fs/jbd/Kconfig
index a8408983abd4abbf32c356f4234aa63f63116b15..4e28beeed157236c7a73a9270972f46dddd3d69b 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/jbd/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config JBD
 	tristate
-	select FS_JOURNAL_INFO
 	help
 	  This is a generic journalling layer for block devices.  It is
 	  currently used by the ext3 file system, but it could also be
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/Kconfig b/fs/jbd2/Kconfig
index 0f7d1ceafdfd39a0a5c8a8cd7ddb0b8785cd8d4c..f32f346f4b0a521a5b6bbaedc7b0a5a7750c4b1e 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/jbd2/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config JBD2
 	tristate
 	select CRC32
-	select FS_JOURNAL_INFO
 	help
 	  This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support
 	  both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers.  It is currently used by
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/Kconfig b/fs/nilfs2/Kconfig
index 1225af7b21669a02368cea76868f0faae7c05b86..251da07b2a1ddab95bbfb1579ceb20845ddf3e6e 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config NILFS2_FS
 	tristate "NILFS2 file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
 	select CRC32
-	select FS_JOURNAL_INFO
 	help
 	  NILFS2 is a log-structured file system (LFS) supporting continuous
 	  snapshotting.  In addition to versioning capability of the entire
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/Kconfig b/fs/reiserfs/Kconfig
index ac7cd75c86f8d351e4240bac5d1b12b1c317a4bb..513f431038f9a749960b6c9b328ece5799684330 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config REISERFS_FS
 	tristate "Reiserfs support"
 	select CRC32
-	select FS_JOURNAL_INFO
 	help
 	  Stores not just filenames but the files themselves in a balanced
 	  tree.  Uses journalling.
diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index 5ed8b9c50355185439736b3cb4d850d3b07cb646..abec69b63d7e3a5d65f2bc430a0cd389138367b0 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -111,12 +111,6 @@ extern struct cred init_cred;
 # define INIT_PERF_EVENTS(tsk)
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FS_JOURNAL_INFO
-#define INIT_JOURNAL_INFO	.journal_info = NULL,
-#else
-#define INIT_JOURNAL_INFO
-#endif
-
 /*
  *  INIT_TASK is used to set up the first task table, touch at
  * your own risk!. Base=0, limit=0x1fffff (=2MB)
@@ -168,6 +162,7 @@ extern struct cred init_cred;
 		.signal = {{0}}},					\
 	.blocked	= {{0}},					\
 	.alloc_lock	= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(tsk.alloc_lock),		\
+	.journal_info	= NULL,						\
 	.cpu_timers	= INIT_CPU_TIMERS(tsk.cpu_timers),		\
 	.fs_excl	= ATOMIC_INIT(0),				\
 	.pi_lock	= __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(tsk.pi_lock),	\
@@ -178,7 +173,6 @@ extern struct cred init_cred;
 		[PIDTYPE_SID]  = INIT_PID_LINK(PIDTYPE_SID),		\
 	},								\
 	.dirties = INIT_PROP_LOCAL_SINGLE(dirties),			\
-	INIT_JOURNAL_INFO						\
 	INIT_IDS							\
 	INIT_PERF_EVENTS(tsk)						\
 	INIT_TRACE_IRQFLAGS						\
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 244c287a5ac12f4b0c10068322b3daac493ba29e..211ed32befbd8cfec7065a236924987210877d42 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1446,10 +1446,8 @@ struct task_struct {
 	gfp_t lockdep_reclaim_gfp;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FS_JOURNAL_INFO
 /* journalling filesystem info */
 	void *journal_info;
-#endif
 
 /* stacked block device info */
 	struct bio *bio_list, **bio_tail;