diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 0c3f303baf32..c9a4e6013445 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -1588,7 +1588,6 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_prepare_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 
 		list_for_each_entry(bh, &segbuf->sb_segsum_buffers,
 				    b_assoc_buffers) {
-			set_buffer_async_write(bh);
 			if (bh->b_page != bd_page) {
 				if (bd_page) {
 					lock_page(bd_page);
@@ -1688,7 +1687,6 @@ static void nilfs_abort_logs(struct list_head *logs, int err)
 	list_for_each_entry(segbuf, logs, sb_list) {
 		list_for_each_entry(bh, &segbuf->sb_segsum_buffers,
 				    b_assoc_buffers) {
-			clear_buffer_async_write(bh);
 			if (bh->b_page != bd_page) {
 				if (bd_page)
 					end_page_writeback(bd_page);
@@ -1768,7 +1766,6 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_complete_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 				    b_assoc_buffers) {
 			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 			clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
-			clear_buffer_async_write(bh);
 			if (bh->b_page != bd_page) {
 				if (bd_page)
 					end_page_writeback(bd_page);