diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 3f8b6da09261..a3e0e6f672d6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -5349,7 +5349,6 @@ __xfs_bunmapi(
 	xfs_fsblock_t		sum;
 	xfs_filblks_t		len = *rlen;	/* length to unmap in file */
 	xfs_fileoff_t		max_len;
-	xfs_agnumber_t		prev_agno = NULLAGNUMBER, agno;
 	xfs_fileoff_t		end;
 	struct xfs_iext_cursor	icur;
 	bool			done = false;
@@ -5441,16 +5440,6 @@ __xfs_bunmapi(
 		del = got;
 		wasdel = isnullstartblock(del.br_startblock);
 
-		/*
-		 * Make sure we don't touch multiple AGF headers out of order
-		 * in a single transaction, as that could cause AB-BA deadlocks.
-		 */
-		if (!wasdel && !isrt) {
-			agno = XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, del.br_startblock);
-			if (prev_agno != NULLAGNUMBER && prev_agno > agno)
-				break;
-			prev_agno = agno;
-		}
 		if (got.br_startoff < start) {
 			del.br_startoff = start;
 			del.br_blockcount -= start - got.br_startoff;