diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 28a58f40f3a4..e8bfafa25a71 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6152,32 +6152,6 @@ err:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int btrfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
-{
-	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
-	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
-	int ret = 0;
-	bool nolock = false;
-
-	if (test_bit(BTRFS_INODE_DUMMY, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (btrfs_fs_closing(root->fs_info) &&
-			btrfs_is_free_space_inode(BTRFS_I(inode)))
-		nolock = true;
-
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
-		if (nolock)
-			trans = btrfs_join_transaction_nolock(root);
-		else
-			trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
-		if (IS_ERR(trans))
-			return PTR_ERR(trans);
-		ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * This is somewhat expensive, updating the tree every time the
  * inode changes.  But, it is most likely to find the inode in cache.
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 8e3ce81d3f44..fe960d5e8913 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -2271,7 +2271,6 @@ static const struct super_operations btrfs_super_ops = {
 	.sync_fs	= btrfs_sync_fs,
 	.show_options	= btrfs_show_options,
 	.show_devname	= btrfs_show_devname,
-	.write_inode	= btrfs_write_inode,
 	.alloc_inode	= btrfs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= btrfs_destroy_inode,
 	.statfs		= btrfs_statfs,