diff --git a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
index f853835c409c..4e12a477d32e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ struct btrfs_inode {
 	/* held while logging the inode in tree-log.c */
 	struct mutex log_mutex;
 
-	/* held while doing delalloc reservations */
-	struct mutex delalloc_mutex;
-
 	/* used to order data wrt metadata */
 	struct btrfs_ordered_inode_tree ordered_tree;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delalloc-space.c b/fs/btrfs/delalloc-space.c
index db9f2c58eb4a..4cdac4d834f5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delalloc-space.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delalloc-space.c
@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ int btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 num_bytes)
 	unsigned nr_extents;
 	enum btrfs_reserve_flush_enum flush = BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_ALL;
 	int ret = 0;
-	bool delalloc_lock = true;
 
 	/*
 	 * If we are a free space inode we need to not flush since we will be in
@@ -320,7 +319,6 @@ int btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 num_bytes)
 	 */
 	if (btrfs_is_free_space_inode(inode)) {
 		flush = BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH;
-		delalloc_lock = false;
 	} else {
 		if (current->journal_info)
 			flush = BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_LIMIT;
@@ -329,9 +327,6 @@ int btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 num_bytes)
 			schedule_timeout(1);
 	}
 
-	if (delalloc_lock)
-		mutex_lock(&inode->delalloc_mutex);
-
 	num_bytes = ALIGN(num_bytes, fs_info->sectorsize);
 
 	/*
@@ -348,10 +343,12 @@ int btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 num_bytes)
 				&qgroup_reserve);
 	ret = btrfs_qgroup_reserve_meta_prealloc(root, qgroup_reserve, true);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_fail;
+		return ret;
 	ret = btrfs_reserve_metadata_bytes(root, block_rsv, meta_reserve, flush);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_qgroup;
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_qgroup_free_meta_prealloc(root, qgroup_reserve);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Now we need to update our outstanding extents and csum bytes _first_
@@ -375,15 +372,7 @@ int btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 num_bytes)
 	block_rsv->qgroup_rsv_reserved += qgroup_reserve;
 	spin_unlock(&block_rsv->lock);
 
-	if (delalloc_lock)
-		mutex_unlock(&inode->delalloc_mutex);
 	return 0;
-out_qgroup:
-	btrfs_qgroup_free_meta_prealloc(root, qgroup_reserve);
-out_fail:
-	if (delalloc_lock)
-		mutex_unlock(&inode->delalloc_mutex);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 5edc6a27ea4a..4c074f4bccbb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9356,7 +9356,6 @@ struct inode *btrfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	ei->io_failure_tree.track_uptodate = true;
 	atomic_set(&ei->sync_writers, 0);
 	mutex_init(&ei->log_mutex);
-	mutex_init(&ei->delalloc_mutex);
 	btrfs_ordered_inode_tree_init(&ei->ordered_tree);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->delalloc_inodes);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->delayed_iput);