diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 4955e04da4c8..472457795486 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6021,32 +6021,6 @@ static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int btrfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
-{
-	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
-	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
-	int ret = 0;
-	bool nolock = false;
-
-	if (test_bit(BTRFS_INODE_DUMMY, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (btrfs_fs_closing(root->fs_info) &&
-			btrfs_is_free_space_inode(BTRFS_I(inode)))
-		nolock = true;
-
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
-		if (nolock)
-			trans = btrfs_join_transaction_nolock(root);
-		else
-			trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
-		if (IS_ERR(trans))
-			return PTR_ERR(trans);
-		ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * This is somewhat expensive, updating the tree every time the
  * inode changes.  But, it is most likely to find the inode in cache.
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index efe8b03ce380..67de3c0fc85b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -2344,7 +2344,6 @@ static const struct super_operations btrfs_super_ops = {
 	.sync_fs	= btrfs_sync_fs,
 	.show_options	= btrfs_show_options,
 	.show_devname	= btrfs_show_devname,
-	.write_inode	= btrfs_write_inode,
 	.alloc_inode	= btrfs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= btrfs_destroy_inode,
 	.statfs		= btrfs_statfs,