diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c
index 17d65c9e2bd4..7e876a904c10 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c
@@ -544,8 +544,6 @@ static void btree_update_nodes_written(struct btree_update *as)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	BUG_ON(!journal_pin_active(&as->journal));
-
 	/*
 	 * Wait for any in flight writes to finish before we free the old nodes
 	 * on disk:
@@ -1045,10 +1043,6 @@ bch2_btree_update_start(struct btree_trans *trans, struct btree_path *path,
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	bch2_journal_pin_add(&c->journal,
-			     atomic64_read(&c->journal.seq),
-			     &as->journal, NULL);
-
 	return as;
 err:
 	bch2_btree_update_free(as);