diff --git a/fs/btrfs/discard.c b/fs/btrfs/discard.c
index 0bc526f5fcd9..a6d77fe41e1a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/discard.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/discard.c
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
 #define BTRFS_DISCARD_DELAY		(120ULL * NSEC_PER_SEC)
 #define BTRFS_DISCARD_UNUSED_DELAY	(10ULL * NSEC_PER_SEC)
 
-/* Target completion latency of discarding all discardable extents */
-#define BTRFS_DISCARD_TARGET_MSEC	(6 * 60 * 60UL * MSEC_PER_SEC)
 #define BTRFS_DISCARD_MIN_DELAY_MSEC	(1UL)
 #define BTRFS_DISCARD_MAX_DELAY_MSEC	(1000UL)
 #define BTRFS_DISCARD_MAX_IOPS		(1000U)
@@ -577,6 +575,7 @@ void btrfs_discard_calc_delay(struct btrfs_discard_ctl *discard_ctl)
 	s32 discardable_extents;
 	s64 discardable_bytes;
 	u32 iops_limit;
+	unsigned long min_delay = BTRFS_DISCARD_MIN_DELAY_MSEC;
 	unsigned long delay;
 
 	discardable_extents = atomic_read(&discard_ctl->discardable_extents);
@@ -607,13 +606,19 @@ void btrfs_discard_calc_delay(struct btrfs_discard_ctl *discard_ctl)
 	}
 
 	iops_limit = READ_ONCE(discard_ctl->iops_limit);
-	if (iops_limit)
-		delay = MSEC_PER_SEC / iops_limit;
-	else
-		delay = BTRFS_DISCARD_TARGET_MSEC / discardable_extents;
 
-	delay = clamp(delay, BTRFS_DISCARD_MIN_DELAY_MSEC,
-		      BTRFS_DISCARD_MAX_DELAY_MSEC);
+	if (iops_limit) {
+		delay = MSEC_PER_SEC / iops_limit;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Unset iops_limit means go as fast as possible, so allow a
+		 * delay of 0.
+		 */
+		delay = 0;
+		min_delay = 0;
+	}
+
+	delay = clamp(delay, min_delay, BTRFS_DISCARD_MAX_DELAY_MSEC);
 	discard_ctl->delay_ms = delay;
 
 	spin_unlock(&discard_ctl->lock);