diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 17707c898eae..3048cb38dc80 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ static int __create_free_space_inode(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	btrfs_set_inode_nlink(leaf, inode_item, 1);
 	btrfs_set_inode_transid(leaf, inode_item, trans->transid);
 	btrfs_set_inode_block_group(leaf, inode_item, offset);
-	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(trans, leaf);
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 
 	key.objectid = BTRFS_FREE_SPACE_OBJECTID;
@@ -216,7 +215,6 @@ static int __create_free_space_inode(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				struct btrfs_free_space_header);
 	memzero_extent_buffer(leaf, (unsigned long)header, sizeof(*header));
 	btrfs_set_free_space_key(leaf, header, &disk_key);
-	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(trans, leaf);
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1189,7 +1187,6 @@ update_cache_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_set_free_space_entries(leaf, header, entries);
 	btrfs_set_free_space_bitmaps(leaf, header, bitmaps);
 	btrfs_set_free_space_generation(leaf, header, trans->transid);
-	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(trans, leaf);
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 
 	return 0;