diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index dbbd46417534..02592c6ce755 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1749,12 +1749,6 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, (unsigned long)-1);
-	if (ret) {
-		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
-		goto fail;
-	}
-
 fail:
 	pending->error = ret;
 dir_item_existed: