diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index bc18710d1dcfbb..3e0edbcf73e106 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ int btrfs_setxattr(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct inode *inode,
 		btrfs_set_dir_data_len(leaf, di, size);
 		data_ptr = ((unsigned long)(di + 1)) + name_len;
 		write_extent_buffer(leaf, value, data_ptr, size);
-		btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(trans, leaf);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Insert, and we had space for the xattr, so path->slots[0] is