diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 112c99dde57f..16224fd82987 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -5073,8 +5073,6 @@ void btrfs_cleanup_one_transaction(struct btrfs_transaction *cur_trans,
 				     EXTENT_DIRTY);
 	btrfs_destroy_pinned_extent(fs_info, &cur_trans->pinned_extents);
 
-	btrfs_free_redirty_list(cur_trans);
-
 	cur_trans->state =TRANS_STATE_COMPLETED;
 	wake_up(&cur_trans->commit_wait);
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index a829390632a5..d8becf1cdbc0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -3557,7 +3557,6 @@ __alloc_extent_buffer(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 start,
 	init_rwsem(&eb->lock);
 
 	btrfs_leak_debug_add_eb(eb);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eb->release_list);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&eb->refs_lock);
 	atomic_set(&eb->refs, 1);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
index f937654230d3..6f3cfadd232c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ struct extent_buffer {
 	struct rw_semaphore lock;
 
 	struct page *pages[INLINE_EXTENT_BUFFER_PAGES];
-	struct list_head release_list;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_DEBUG
 	struct list_head leak_list;
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 27c616fdfae2..fe0f00e717a8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -374,8 +374,6 @@ loop:
 	spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->dirty_bgs_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->deleted_bgs);
 	spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->dropped_roots_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->releasing_ebs);
-	spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->releasing_ebs_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&cur_trans->list, &fs_info->trans_list);
 	extent_io_tree_init(fs_info, &cur_trans->dirty_pages,
 			IO_TREE_TRANS_DIRTY_PAGES);
@@ -2482,13 +2480,6 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 		goto scrub_continue;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * At this point, we should have written all the tree blocks allocated
-	 * in this transaction. So it's now safe to free the redirtyied extent
-	 * buffers.
-	 */
-	btrfs_free_redirty_list(cur_trans);
-
 	ret = write_all_supers(fs_info, 0);
 	/*
 	 * the super is written, we can safely allow the tree-loggers
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
index fa728ab80826..8e9fa23bd7fe 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ struct btrfs_transaction {
 	 */
 	atomic_t pending_ordered;
 	wait_queue_head_t pending_wait;
-
-	spinlock_t releasing_ebs_lock;
-	struct list_head releasing_ebs;
 };
 
 enum {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
index dac879fe2871..bda301a55cbe 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
@@ -1602,37 +1602,17 @@ void btrfs_calc_zone_unusable(struct btrfs_block_group *cache)
 void btrfs_redirty_list_add(struct btrfs_transaction *trans,
 			    struct extent_buffer *eb)
 {
-	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = eb->fs_info;
-
-	if (!btrfs_is_zoned(fs_info) ||
-	    btrfs_header_flag(eb, BTRFS_HEADER_FLAG_WRITTEN) ||
-	    !list_empty(&eb->release_list))
+	if (!btrfs_is_zoned(eb->fs_info) ||
+	    btrfs_header_flag(eb, BTRFS_HEADER_FLAG_WRITTEN))
 		return;
 
+	ASSERT(!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_DIRTY, &eb->bflags));
+
 	memzero_extent_buffer(eb, 0, eb->len);
 	set_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_NO_CHECK, &eb->bflags);
 	set_extent_buffer_dirty(eb);
 	set_extent_bits_nowait(&trans->dirty_pages, eb->start,
 			       eb->start + eb->len - 1, EXTENT_DIRTY);
-
-	spin_lock(&trans->releasing_ebs_lock);
-	list_add_tail(&eb->release_list, &trans->releasing_ebs);
-	spin_unlock(&trans->releasing_ebs_lock);
-	atomic_inc(&eb->refs);
-}
-
-void btrfs_free_redirty_list(struct btrfs_transaction *trans)
-{
-	spin_lock(&trans->releasing_ebs_lock);
-	while (!list_empty(&trans->releasing_ebs)) {
-		struct extent_buffer *eb;
-
-		eb = list_first_entry(&trans->releasing_ebs,
-				      struct extent_buffer, release_list);
-		list_del_init(&eb->release_list);
-		free_extent_buffer(eb);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&trans->releasing_ebs_lock);
 }
 
 bool btrfs_use_zone_append(struct btrfs_bio *bbio)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zoned.h b/fs/btrfs/zoned.h
index c0570d35fea2..3058ef559c98 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/zoned.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/zoned.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ int btrfs_load_block_group_zone_info(struct btrfs_block_group *cache, bool new);
 void btrfs_calc_zone_unusable(struct btrfs_block_group *cache);
 void btrfs_redirty_list_add(struct btrfs_transaction *trans,
 			    struct extent_buffer *eb);
-void btrfs_free_redirty_list(struct btrfs_transaction *trans);
 bool btrfs_use_zone_append(struct btrfs_bio *bbio);
 void btrfs_record_physical_zoned(struct btrfs_bio *bbio);
 void btrfs_rewrite_logical_zoned(struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered);
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ static inline void btrfs_calc_zone_unusable(struct btrfs_block_group *cache) { }
 
 static inline void btrfs_redirty_list_add(struct btrfs_transaction *trans,
 					  struct extent_buffer *eb) { }
-static inline void btrfs_free_redirty_list(struct btrfs_transaction *trans) { }
 
 static inline bool btrfs_use_zone_append(struct btrfs_bio *bbio)
 {