diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index c5880329ae37..b0c86a817a99 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2910,12 +2910,6 @@ static void delayed_ref_async_start(struct btrfs_work *work)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * trans->sync means that when we call end_transaction, we won't
-	 * wait on delayed refs
-	 */
-	trans->sync = true;
-
 	/* Don't bother flushing if we got into a different transaction */
 	if (trans->transid > async->transid)
 		goto end;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 34fe8a58b0e9..94c1c86fd18a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -2165,7 +2165,6 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		inode_unlock(inode);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	trans->sync = true;
 
 	ret = btrfs_log_dentry_safe(trans, dentry, start, end, &ctx);
 	if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
index f1ba78949d1b..b34678e7968e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ struct btrfs_trans_handle {
 	bool allocating_chunk;
 	bool can_flush_pending_bgs;
 	bool reloc_reserved;
-	bool sync;
 	bool dirty;
 	struct btrfs_root *root;
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info;