diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index a8cbe1bc6ad..a9bba1e3920 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ static void release_blocks(struct super_block *sb, int count)
 		struct ext2_sb_info *sbi = EXT2_SB(sb);
 
 		percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter, count);
-		sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@ static void group_adjust_blocks(struct super_block *sb, int group_no,
 		free_blocks = le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_blocks_count);
 		desc->bg_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le16(free_blocks + count);
 		spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, group_no));
-		sb->s_dirt = 1;
 		mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index 8b15cf8cef3..c13eb7b91a1 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ static void ext2_release_inode(struct super_block *sb, int group, int dir)
 	spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(EXT2_SB(sb), group));
 	if (dir)
 		percpu_counter_dec(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_dirs_counter);
-	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 }
 
@@ -543,7 +542,6 @@ got:
 	}
 	spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, group));
 
-	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh2);
 	if (test_opt(sb, GRPID)) {
 		inode->i_mode = mode;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 12a7916cfa9..a43f9adcc81 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -1158,7 +1158,6 @@ static void ext2_sync_super(struct super_block *sb, struct ext2_super_block *es,
 	mark_buffer_dirty(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
 	if (wait)
 		sync_dirty_buffer(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1191,8 +1190,6 @@ void ext2_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
 		ext2_sync_fs(sb, 1);
-	else
-		sb->s_dirt = 0;
 }
 
 static int ext2_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data)
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 6dcafc7efdf..b6754dbbce3 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ static void ext2_xattr_update_super_block(struct super_block *sb)
 	spin_lock(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_lock);
 	EXT2_SET_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR);
 	spin_unlock(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_lock);
-	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	mark_buffer_dirty(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
 }