diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 4a12025ec751253a033ce2ef39bcf03cbc8b016e..9697fb3d50b4a30ad1e702f770e0bc03df22865f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -1769,13 +1769,10 @@ int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
 
 	/*
 	 * If the handle is marked SYNC, we need to set another commit
-	 * going!  We also want to force a commit if the current
-	 * transaction is occupying too much of the log, or if the
-	 * transaction is too old now.
+	 * going!  We also want to force a commit if the transaction is too
+	 * old now.
 	 */
 	if (handle->h_sync ||
-	    (atomic_read(&transaction->t_outstanding_credits) >
-	     journal->j_max_transaction_buffers) ||
 	    time_after_eq(jiffies, transaction->t_expires)) {
 		/* Do this even for aborted journals: an abort still
 		 * completes the commit thread, it just doesn't write