diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index 1015da15c22b23898cd76cfed507dd2ff55b4245..59710e390dcfb881e708706e29bb493cccc5b977 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  *
  * Called with j_list_lock held.
  */
-static inline void __buffer_unlink_first(struct journal_head *jh)
+static inline void __buffer_unlink(struct journal_head *jh)
 {
 	transaction_t *transaction = jh->b_cp_transaction;
 
@@ -40,23 +40,6 @@ static inline void __buffer_unlink_first(struct journal_head *jh)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Unlink a buffer from a transaction checkpoint(io) list.
- *
- * Called with j_list_lock held.
- */
-static inline void __buffer_unlink(struct journal_head *jh)
-{
-	transaction_t *transaction = jh->b_cp_transaction;
-
-	__buffer_unlink_first(jh);
-	if (transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list == jh) {
-		transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list = jh->b_cpnext;
-		if (transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list == jh)
-			transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * Check a checkpoint buffer could be release or not.
  *
@@ -503,15 +486,6 @@ unsigned long jbd2_journal_shrink_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal,
 			break;
 		if (need_resched() || spin_needbreak(&journal->j_list_lock))
 			break;
-		if (released)
-			continue;
-
-		nr_freed += journal_shrink_one_cp_list(transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list,
-						       nr_to_scan, &released);
-		if (*nr_to_scan == 0)
-			break;
-		if (need_resched() || spin_needbreak(&journal->j_list_lock))
-			break;
 	} while (transaction != last_transaction);
 
 	if (transaction != last_transaction) {
@@ -566,17 +540,6 @@ void __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal, bool destroy)
 		 */
 		if (need_resched())
 			return;
-		if (ret)
-			continue;
-		/*
-		 * It is essential that we are as careful as in the case of
-		 * t_checkpoint_list with removing the buffer from the list as
-		 * we can possibly see not yet submitted buffers on io_list
-		 */
-		ret = journal_clean_one_cp_list(transaction->
-				t_checkpoint_io_list, destroy);
-		if (need_resched())
-			return;
 		/*
 		 * Stop scanning if we couldn't free the transaction. This
 		 * avoids pointless scanning of transactions which still
@@ -663,7 +626,7 @@ int __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh)
 	jbd2_journal_put_journal_head(jh);
 
 	/* Is this transaction empty? */
-	if (transaction->t_checkpoint_list || transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list)
+	if (transaction->t_checkpoint_list)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -761,7 +724,6 @@ void __jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(journal_t *journal, transaction_t *transact
 	J_ASSERT(transaction->t_forget == NULL);
 	J_ASSERT(transaction->t_shadow_list == NULL);
 	J_ASSERT(transaction->t_checkpoint_list == NULL);
-	J_ASSERT(transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list == NULL);
 	J_ASSERT(atomic_read(&transaction->t_updates) == 0);
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_committing_transaction != transaction);
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_running_transaction != transaction);
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index e755865290573f61a7f583fe1628d47de99db943..8c13c0a030a41b7f158d5cf9bd10eef7fc97302f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -1121,8 +1121,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	commit_transaction->t_state = T_FINISHED;
 	/* Check if the transaction can be dropped now that we are finished */
-	if (commit_transaction->t_checkpoint_list == NULL &&
-	    commit_transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list == NULL) {
+	if (commit_transaction->t_checkpoint_list == NULL) {
 		__jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(journal, commit_transaction);
 		jbd2_journal_free_transaction(commit_transaction);
 	}