diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 046706c1f01f..146d694beb02 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3911,7 +3911,6 @@ static inline void ext4_clear_io_unwritten_flag(ext4_io_end_t *io_end)
 }
 
 extern const struct iomap_ops ext4_iomap_ops;
-extern const struct iomap_ops ext4_iomap_overwrite_ops;
 extern const struct iomap_ops ext4_iomap_report_ops;
 
 static inline int ext4_buffer_uptodate(struct buffer_head *bh)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 4fadc476d645..43a24c776bf0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
 	loff_t offset = iocb->ki_pos;
 	size_t count = iov_iter_count(from);
-	const struct iomap_ops *iomap_ops = &ext4_iomap_ops;
 	bool extend = false, unwritten = false;
 	bool ilock_shared = true;
 	int dio_flags = 0;
@@ -573,9 +572,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (ilock_shared && !unwritten)
-		iomap_ops = &ext4_iomap_overwrite_ops;
-	ret = iomap_dio_rw(iocb, from, iomap_ops, &ext4_dio_write_ops,
+	ret = iomap_dio_rw(iocb, from, &ext4_iomap_ops, &ext4_dio_write_ops,
 			   dio_flags, NULL, 0);
 	if (ret == -ENOTBLK)
 		ret = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 1cb7775c5e41..f346302709b9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3829,10 +3829,6 @@ static int ext4_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
 		}
 		ret = ext4_iomap_alloc(inode, &map, flags);
 	} else {
-		/*
-		 * This can be called for overwrites path from
-		 * ext4_iomap_overwrite_begin().
-		 */
 		ret = ext4_map_blocks(NULL, inode, &map, 0);
 	}
 
@@ -3861,30 +3857,10 @@ static int ext4_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ext4_iomap_overwrite_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
-		loff_t length, unsigned flags, struct iomap *iomap,
-		struct iomap *srcmap)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * Even for writes we don't need to allocate blocks, so just pretend
-	 * we are reading to save overhead of starting a transaction.
-	 */
-	flags &= ~IOMAP_WRITE;
-	ret = ext4_iomap_begin(inode, offset, length, flags, iomap, srcmap);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!ret && iomap->type != IOMAP_MAPPED);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 const struct iomap_ops ext4_iomap_ops = {
 	.iomap_begin		= ext4_iomap_begin,
 };
 
-const struct iomap_ops ext4_iomap_overwrite_ops = {
-	.iomap_begin		= ext4_iomap_overwrite_begin,
-};
-
 static int ext4_iomap_begin_report(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
 				   loff_t length, unsigned int flags,
 				   struct iomap *iomap, struct iomap *srcmap)