diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_leaf.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_leaf.c
index 4461e42f2367..b878f9a9882c 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_leaf.c
@@ -923,8 +923,6 @@ int bch2_trans_commit(struct btree_trans *trans,
 		bch2_trans_unlink_iters(trans, ~trans->iters_touched|
 					trans->iters_unlink_on_commit);
 		trans->iters_touched = 0;
-	} else {
-		bch2_trans_unlink_iters(trans, trans->iters_unlink_on_commit);
 	}
 	trans->nr_updates	= 0;
 	trans->mem_top		= 0;