diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 56032c518b26..5766c2d19896 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5728,7 +5728,6 @@ static void inode_tree_add(struct inode *inode)
 
 static void inode_tree_del(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	int empty = 0;
 
@@ -5741,7 +5740,6 @@ static void inode_tree_del(struct inode *inode)
 	spin_unlock(&root->inode_lock);
 
 	if (empty && btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) == 0) {
-		synchronize_srcu(&fs_info->subvol_srcu);
 		spin_lock(&root->inode_lock);
 		empty = RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&root->inode_tree);
 		spin_unlock(&root->inode_lock);