diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 34e6096069ad..94e309f6bb2b 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -895,8 +895,6 @@ void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	nilfs_clear_inode(inode);
 
-	if (IS_SYNC(inode))
-		nilfs_set_transaction_flag(NILFS_TI_SYNC);
 	nilfs_transaction_commit(sb);
 	/*
 	 * May construct a logical segment and may fail in sync mode.