diff --git a/fs/sysv/inode.c b/fs/sysv/inode.c
index 08d0b2568cd35e060a9e6b8ffda87d7d6569cbdb..af13d1342f233e937b64e4f41ea95ef0b1085e6d 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/inode.c
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ static void sysv_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct sysv_sb_info *sbi = SYSV_SB(sb);
 
-	if (sb->s_dirt)
-		sysv_write_super(sb);
-
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		/* XXX ext2 also updates the state here */
 		mark_buffer_dirty(sbi->s_bh1);