diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index 722743b152d8..15690bb1d3b5 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ no_more:
  */
 int afs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = page->mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	struct afs_writeback *wb;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -455,8 +454,6 @@ int afs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	}
 
 	wbc->nr_to_write -= ret;
-	if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi))
-		wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
 
 	_leave(" = 0");
 	return 0;
@@ -469,7 +466,6 @@ static int afs_writepages_region(struct address_space *mapping,
 				 struct writeback_control *wbc,
 				 pgoff_t index, pgoff_t end, pgoff_t *_next)
 {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	struct afs_writeback *wb;
 	struct page *page;
 	int ret, n;
@@ -529,11 +525,6 @@ static int afs_writepages_region(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 		wbc->nr_to_write -= ret;
 
-		if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
-			wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-
 		cond_resched();
 	} while (index < end && wbc->nr_to_write > 0);
 
@@ -548,24 +539,16 @@ static int afs_writepages_region(struct address_space *mapping,
 int afs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		   struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	pgoff_t start, end, next;
 	int ret;
 
 	_enter("");
 
-	if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
-		wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
-		_leave(" = 0 [congest]");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
 		start = mapping->writeback_index;
 		end = -1;
 		ret = afs_writepages_region(mapping, wbc, start, end, &next);
-		if (start > 0 && wbc->nr_to_write > 0 && ret == 0 &&
-		    !(wbc->nonblocking && wbc->encountered_congestion))
+		if (start > 0 && wbc->nr_to_write > 0 && ret == 0)
 			ret = afs_writepages_region(mapping, wbc, 0, start,
 						    &next);
 		mapping->writeback_index = next;
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 7f0b9b083f77..ec21a92e08b4 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 		 * and kswapd activity, but those code paths have their own
 		 * higher-level throttling.
 		 */
-		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE || !wbc->nonblocking) {
+		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE) {
 			lock_buffer(bh);
 		} else if (!trylock_buffer(bh)) {
 			redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 51bcc5ce3230..e9c874abc9e1 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -591,7 +591,6 @@ static int ceph_writepages_start(struct address_space *mapping,
 				 struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc;
 	pgoff_t index, start, end;
@@ -633,13 +632,6 @@ static int ceph_writepages_start(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
 
-	/* ?? */
-	if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
-		dout(" writepages congested\n");
-		wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
-		goto out_final;
-	}
-
 	/* where to start/end? */
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
 		start = mapping->writeback_index; /* Start from prev offset */
@@ -885,7 +877,6 @@ out:
 		rc = 0;  /* vfs expects us to return 0 */
 	ceph_put_snap_context(snapc);
 	dout("writepages done, rc = %d\n", rc);
-out_final:
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 8c81e7b14d53..45af003865d2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -1303,7 +1303,6 @@ static int cifs_partialpagewrite(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to)
 static int cifs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			   struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	unsigned int bytes_to_write;
 	unsigned int bytes_written;
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
@@ -1326,15 +1325,6 @@ static int cifs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	int scanned = 0;
 	int xid, long_op;
 
-	/*
-	 * BB: Is this meaningful for a non-block-device file system?
-	 * If it is, we should test it again after we do I/O
-	 */
-	if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
-		wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index f3b071f921aa..939739c7b3f9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static int gfs2_aspace_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wb
 		 * activity, but those code paths have their own higher-level
 		 * throttling.
 		 */
-		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE || !wbc->nonblocking) {
+		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE) {
 			lock_buffer(bh);
 		} else if (!trylock_buffer(bh)) {
 			redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 605e292501f4..4c14c17a5276 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -290,9 +290,7 @@ static int nfs_do_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc, st
 	nfs_add_stats(inode, NFSIOS_WRITEPAGES, 1);
 
 	nfs_pageio_cond_complete(pgio, page->index);
-	ret = nfs_page_async_flush(pgio, page,
-			wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE ||
-			wbc->nonblocking != 0);
+	ret = nfs_page_async_flush(pgio, page, wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE);
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
 		redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
 		ret = 0;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index caa758377d66..c1f93896cb53 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@ static int reiserfs_write_full_page(struct page *page,
 		/* from this point on, we know the buffer is mapped to a
 		 * real block and not a direct item
 		 */
-		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE || !wbc->nonblocking) {
+		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE) {
 			lock_buffer(bh);
 		} else {
 			if (!trylock_buffer(bh)) {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index b552f816de15..c9af48fffcd7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -1139,8 +1139,7 @@ xfs_vm_writepage(
 				type = IO_DELAY;
 				flags = BMAPI_ALLOCATE;
 
-				if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE &&
-				    wbc->nonblocking)
+				if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
 					flags |= BMAPI_TRYLOCK;
 			}
 
diff --git a/include/trace/events/ext4.h b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
index 01e9e0076a92..6bcb00645de4 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/ext4.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
@@ -242,18 +242,20 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ext4_da_writepages,
 		__entry->pages_skipped	= wbc->pages_skipped;
 		__entry->range_start	= wbc->range_start;
 		__entry->range_end	= wbc->range_end;
-		__entry->nonblocking	= wbc->nonblocking;
 		__entry->for_kupdate	= wbc->for_kupdate;
 		__entry->for_reclaim	= wbc->for_reclaim;
 		__entry->range_cyclic	= wbc->range_cyclic;
 		__entry->writeback_index = inode->i_mapping->writeback_index;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("dev %s ino %lu nr_to_write %ld pages_skipped %ld range_start %llu range_end %llu nonblocking %d for_kupdate %d for_reclaim %d range_cyclic %d writeback_index %lu",
+	TP_printk("dev %s ino %lu nr_to_write %ld pages_skipped %ld "
+		  "range_start %llu range_end %llu "
+		  "for_kupdate %d for_reclaim %d "
+		  "range_cyclic %d writeback_index %lu",
 		  jbd2_dev_to_name(__entry->dev),
 		  (unsigned long) __entry->ino, __entry->nr_to_write,
 		  __entry->pages_skipped, __entry->range_start,
-		  __entry->range_end, __entry->nonblocking,
+		  __entry->range_end,
 		  __entry->for_kupdate, __entry->for_reclaim,
 		  __entry->range_cyclic,
 		  (unsigned long) __entry->writeback_index)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index f345f66ae9d1..0bb01ab2e984 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(wbc_class,
 		__field(long, nr_to_write)
 		__field(long, pages_skipped)
 		__field(int, sync_mode)
-		__field(int, nonblocking)
-		__field(int, encountered_congestion)
 		__field(int, for_kupdate)
 		__field(int, for_background)
 		__field(int, for_reclaim)
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index f8c9bccf2520..d917ac3207f5 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -497,7 +497,6 @@ static int writeout(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
 		.nr_to_write = 1,
 		.range_start = 0,
 		.range_end = LLONG_MAX,
-		.nonblocking = 1,
 		.for_reclaim = 1
 	};
 	int rc;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index b94c9464f262..6cbc1aac23ae 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
 			.nr_to_write = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
 			.range_start = 0,
 			.range_end = LLONG_MAX,
-			.nonblocking = 1,
 			.for_reclaim = 1,
 		};