diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/resize.c b/fs/reiserfs/resize.c
index 9a17f63c3fd7..3ce02cff5e90 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/resize.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/resize.c
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ int reiserfs_resize(struct super_block *s, unsigned long block_count_new)
 					  (bmap_nr_new - bmap_nr)));
 	PUT_SB_BLOCK_COUNT(s, block_count_new);
 	PUT_SB_BMAP_NR(s, bmap_would_wrap(bmap_nr_new) ? : bmap_nr_new);
-	s->s_dirt = 1;
 
 	journal_mark_dirty(&th, s, SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s));