diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 19d669d12ca1..c1489c229694 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -734,8 +734,6 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 	struct btrfs_workqueue *fixup_workers;
 	struct btrfs_workqueue *delayed_workers;
 
-	/* the extent workers do delayed refs on the extent allocation tree */
-	struct btrfs_workqueue *extent_workers;
 	struct task_struct *transaction_kthread;
 	struct task_struct *cleaner_kthread;
 	u32 thread_pool_size;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 044981cf6df9..402b61bf345c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2008,7 +2008,6 @@ static void btrfs_stop_all_workers(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->readahead_workers);
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->flush_workers);
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->qgroup_rescan_workers);
-	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->extent_workers);
 	/*
 	 * Now that all other work queues are destroyed, we can safely destroy
 	 * the queues used for metadata I/O, since tasks from those other work
@@ -2214,10 +2213,6 @@ static int btrfs_init_workqueues(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 				      max_active, 2);
 	fs_info->qgroup_rescan_workers =
 		btrfs_alloc_workqueue(fs_info, "qgroup-rescan", flags, 1, 0);
-	fs_info->extent_workers =
-		btrfs_alloc_workqueue(fs_info, "extent-refs", flags,
-				      min_t(u64, fs_devices->num_devices,
-					    max_active), 8);
 
 	if (!(fs_info->workers && fs_info->delalloc_workers &&
 	      fs_info->submit_workers && fs_info->flush_workers &&
@@ -2228,7 +2223,6 @@ static int btrfs_init_workqueues(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	      fs_info->endio_freespace_worker && fs_info->rmw_workers &&
 	      fs_info->caching_workers && fs_info->readahead_workers &&
 	      fs_info->fixup_workers && fs_info->delayed_workers &&
-	      fs_info->extent_workers &&
 	      fs_info->qgroup_rescan_workers)) {
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}