diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 0f2653182405..d5d8b3899258 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ struct btrfs_root {
 	/* Used only for log trees of subvolumes, not for the log root tree */
 	atomic_t log_writers;
 	atomic_t log_commit[2];
-	/* Used only for log trees of subvolumes, not for the log root tree */
-	atomic_t log_batch;
 	/*
 	 * Protected by the 'log_mutex' lock but can be read without holding
 	 * that lock to avoid unnecessary lock contention, in which case it
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 0357c84d6c25..a62748fc2881 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -669,7 +669,6 @@ static struct btrfs_root *btrfs_alloc_root(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	atomic_set(&root->log_commit[0], 0);
 	atomic_set(&root->log_commit[1], 0);
 	atomic_set(&root->log_writers, 0);
-	atomic_set(&root->log_batch, 0);
 	refcount_set(&root->refs, 1);
 	atomic_set(&root->snapshot_force_cow, 0);
 	atomic_set(&root->nr_swapfiles, 0);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 818c53c445f8..20e15dc30bfb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1573,8 +1573,6 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	else
 		btrfs_inode_lock(inode, BTRFS_ILOCK_MMAP);
 
-	atomic_inc(&root->log_batch);
-
 	/*
 	 * Before we acquired the inode's lock and the mmap lock, someone may
 	 * have dirtied more pages in the target range. We need to make sure
@@ -1657,8 +1655,6 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_release_extents;
 
-	atomic_inc(&root->log_batch);
-
 	if (skip_inode_logging(&ctx)) {
 		/*
 		 * We've had everything committed since the last time we were
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index ccc262833a7c..580f2aabc065 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -3336,13 +3336,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (atomic_read(&root->log_commit[(index1 + 1) % 2]))
 		wait_log_commit(root, log_transid - 1);
 
-	while (1) {
-		int batch = atomic_read(&root->log_batch);
-
-		wait_for_writer(root);
-		if (batch == atomic_read(&root->log_batch))
-			break;
-	}
+	wait_for_writer(root);
 
 	/* bail out if we need to do a full commit */
 	if (btrfs_need_log_full_commit(trans)) {