diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index ed2ca20070f3..4b8753b1a628 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -476,28 +476,6 @@ again:
 	up_read(&info->groups_sem);
 }
 
-static void btrfs_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-					 unsigned long nr_pages, u64 nr_items)
-{
-	struct super_block *sb = fs_info->sb;
-
-	if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
-		writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr_pages, WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE);
-		up_read(&sb->s_umount);
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * We needn't worry the filesystem going from r/w to r/o though
-		 * we don't acquire ->s_umount mutex, because the filesystem
-		 * should guarantee the delalloc inodes list be empty after
-		 * the filesystem is readonly(all dirty pages are written to
-		 * the disk).
-		 */
-		btrfs_start_delalloc_roots(fs_info, nr_items);
-		if (!current->journal_info)
-			btrfs_wait_ordered_roots(fs_info, nr_items, 0, (u64)-1);
-	}
-}
-
 static inline u64 calc_reclaim_items_nr(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 					u64 to_reclaim)
 {
@@ -523,10 +501,8 @@ static void shrink_delalloc(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	u64 delalloc_bytes;
 	u64 dio_bytes;
-	u64 async_pages;
 	u64 items;
 	long time_left;
-	unsigned long nr_pages;
 	int loops;
 
 	/* Calc the number of the pages we need flush for space reservation */
@@ -567,37 +543,8 @@ static void shrink_delalloc(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 
 	loops = 0;
 	while ((delalloc_bytes || dio_bytes) && loops < 3) {
-		nr_pages = min(delalloc_bytes, to_reclaim) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+		btrfs_start_delalloc_roots(fs_info, items);
 
-		/*
-		 * Triggers inode writeback for up to nr_pages. This will invoke
-		 * ->writepages callback and trigger delalloc filling
-		 *  (btrfs_run_delalloc_range()).
-		 */
-		btrfs_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(fs_info, nr_pages, items);
-
-		/*
-		 * We need to wait for the compressed pages to start before
-		 * we continue.
-		 */
-		async_pages = atomic_read(&fs_info->async_delalloc_pages);
-		if (!async_pages)
-			goto skip_async;
-
-		/*
-		 * Calculate how many compressed pages we want to be written
-		 * before we continue. I.e if there are more async pages than we
-		 * require wait_event will wait until nr_pages are written.
-		 */
-		if (async_pages <= nr_pages)
-			async_pages = 0;
-		else
-			async_pages -= nr_pages;
-
-		wait_event(fs_info->async_submit_wait,
-			   atomic_read(&fs_info->async_delalloc_pages) <=
-			   (int)async_pages);
-skip_async:
 		spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
 		if (list_empty(&space_info->tickets) &&
 		    list_empty(&space_info->priority_tickets)) {