diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 8aa55cd8a0bf..0b2498749b1e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -2508,13 +2508,6 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 	list_add_tail(&fs_info->chunk_root->dirty_list,
 		      &cur_trans->switch_commits);
 
-	if (btrfs_fs_incompat(fs_info, EXTENT_TREE_V2)) {
-		btrfs_set_root_node(&fs_info->block_group_root->root_item,
-				    fs_info->block_group_root->node);
-		list_add_tail(&fs_info->block_group_root->dirty_list,
-			      &cur_trans->switch_commits);
-	}
-
 	switch_commit_roots(trans);
 
 	ASSERT(list_empty(&cur_trans->dirty_bgs));