diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 8f4b81de3ae2..f290b98e2fe6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1088,9 +1088,6 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 struct btrfs_root {
 	struct extent_buffer *node;
 
-	/* the node lock is held while changing the node pointer */
-	spinlock_t node_lock;
-
 	struct extent_buffer *commit_root;
 	struct btrfs_root *log_root;
 	struct btrfs_root *reloc_root;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 228cf36ece83..64b289690f9d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1064,7 +1064,6 @@ static int __setup_root(u32 nodesize, u32 leafsize, u32 sectorsize,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&root->dirty_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&root->orphan_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&root->root_list);
-	spin_lock_init(&root->node_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&root->orphan_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&root->inode_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&root->accounting_lock);