diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
index 2daf3084f3e3..780af0ef6bc6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -1142,10 +1142,6 @@ xfs_attr_node_removename(
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 
-		error = xfs_trans_roll_inode(&args->trans, args->dp);
-		if (error)
-			goto out;
-
 		error = xfs_attr_rmtval_invalidate(args);
 		if (error)
 			return error;