diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index 20862f9..993247c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -807,11 +807,6 @@ ssize_t ext4_ind_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
 
 retry:
 	if (rw == READ && ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode)) {
-		if (unlikely(atomic_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_unwritten))) {
-			mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-			ext4_flush_unwritten_io(inode);
-			mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-		}
 		/*
 		 * Nolock dioread optimization may be dynamically disabled
 		 * via ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(). Check inode's state