diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 302d4e53877e..413addb4a618 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -772,7 +772,6 @@ int btrfs_cache_block_group(struct btrfs_block_group *cache, bool wait)
 	WARN_ON(cache->caching_ctl);
 	cache->caching_ctl = caching_ctl;
 	cache->cached = BTRFS_CACHE_STARTED;
-	set_bit(BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_HAS_CACHING_CTL, &cache->runtime_flags);
 	spin_unlock(&cache->lock);
 
 	write_lock(&fs_info->block_group_cache_lock);
@@ -988,33 +987,31 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		kobject_put(kobj);
 	}
 
-
-	if (test_bit(BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_HAS_CACHING_CTL, &block_group->runtime_flags))
-		caching_ctl = btrfs_get_caching_control(block_group);
 	if (block_group->cached == BTRFS_CACHE_STARTED)
 		btrfs_wait_block_group_cache_done(block_group);
-	if (test_bit(BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_HAS_CACHING_CTL, &block_group->runtime_flags)) {
-		write_lock(&fs_info->block_group_cache_lock);
-		if (!caching_ctl) {
-			struct btrfs_caching_control *ctl;
 
-			list_for_each_entry(ctl,
-				    &fs_info->caching_block_groups, list)
-				if (ctl->block_group == block_group) {
-					caching_ctl = ctl;
-					refcount_inc(&caching_ctl->count);
-					break;
-				}
-		}
-		if (caching_ctl)
-			list_del_init(&caching_ctl->list);
-		write_unlock(&fs_info->block_group_cache_lock);
-		if (caching_ctl) {
-			/* Once for the caching bgs list and once for us. */
-			btrfs_put_caching_control(caching_ctl);
-			btrfs_put_caching_control(caching_ctl);
+	write_lock(&fs_info->block_group_cache_lock);
+	caching_ctl = btrfs_get_caching_control(block_group);
+	if (!caching_ctl) {
+		struct btrfs_caching_control *ctl;
+
+		list_for_each_entry(ctl, &fs_info->caching_block_groups, list) {
+			if (ctl->block_group == block_group) {
+				caching_ctl = ctl;
+				refcount_inc(&caching_ctl->count);
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 	}
+	if (caching_ctl)
+		list_del_init(&caching_ctl->list);
+	write_unlock(&fs_info->block_group_cache_lock);
+
+	if (caching_ctl) {
+		/* Once for the caching bgs list and once for us. */
+		btrfs_put_caching_control(caching_ctl);
+		btrfs_put_caching_control(caching_ctl);
+	}
 
 	spin_lock(&trans->transaction->dirty_bgs_lock);
 	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&block_group->dirty_list));
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.h b/fs/btrfs/block-group.h
index 2a2cae6038c7..66221da02e41 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ enum btrfs_chunk_alloc_enum {
 /* Block group flags set at runtime */
 enum btrfs_block_group_flags {
 	BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_IREF,
-	BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_HAS_CACHING_CTL,
 	BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_REMOVED,
 	BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_TO_COPY,
 	BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_RELOCATING_REPAIR,