diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 5ab31f70ff5..0a5bd67e289 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3986,9 +3986,6 @@ int btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata(struct inode *inode, u64 num_bytes)
 
 	block_rsv_add_bytes(block_rsv, to_reserve, 1);
 
-	if (block_rsv->size > 512 * 1024 * 1024)
-		shrink_delalloc(NULL, root, to_reserve, 0);
-
 	return 0;
 }