diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index da8bdd1712a7..4a86c8ff3d03 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ static void minix_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!sb_rdonly(sb)) {
 		if (sbi->s_version != MINIX_V3)	 /* s_state is now out from V3 sb */
 			sbi->s_ms->s_state = sbi->s_mount_state;
-		mark_buffer_dirty(sbi->s_sbh);
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_imap_blocks; i++)
 		brelse(sbi->s_imap[i]);