diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 05e0389a5fa3..c739726f9862 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -875,13 +875,7 @@ void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	nilfs_clear_inode(inode);
 
-	if (IS_SYNC(inode))
-		nilfs_set_transaction_flag(NILFS_TI_SYNC);
 	nilfs_transaction_commit(sb);
-	/*
-	 * May construct a logical segment and may fail in sync mode.
-	 * But delete_inode has no return value.
-	 */
 }
 
 int nilfs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,