diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 04bbfb1052eb..68704e74f0d3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ loop:
 		 * to redo the trans_no_join checks above
 		 */
 		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_transaction_cachep, cur_trans);
-		cur_trans = fs_info->running_transaction;
 		goto loop;
 	} else if (fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR) {
 		spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);