diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index b2a9c746f8ce4..edeb837081c80 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5209,7 +5209,7 @@ static int other_inode_match(struct inode * inode, unsigned long ino,
 	    (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME)) {
 		struct ext4_inode_info	*ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 
-		inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED);
+		inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME;
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
 		spin_lock(&ei->i_raw_lock);
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 15216b440880a..96cdce0144efc 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
  */
 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
 			       struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
-			       int flags, unsigned long dirtied_before)
+			       unsigned long dirtied_before)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(tmp);
 	struct list_head *pos, *node;
@@ -1173,8 +1173,6 @@ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
 		list_move(&inode->i_io_list, &tmp);
 		moved++;
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-		if (flags & EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME)
-			inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED;
 		inode->i_state |= I_SYNC_QUEUED;
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode->i_sb))
@@ -1222,11 +1220,11 @@ static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work,
 
 	assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
 	list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
-	moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, 0, dirtied_before);
+	moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, dirtied_before);
 	if (!work->for_sync)
 		time_expire_jif = jiffies - dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ;
 	moved += move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty_time, &wb->b_io,
-				     EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME, time_expire_jif);
+				     time_expire_jif);
 	if (moved)
 		wb_io_lists_populated(wb);
 	trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, work, dirtied_before, moved);
@@ -1402,18 +1400,14 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 
 	dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
-	if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
-		if ((dirty & I_DIRTY_INODE) ||
-		    wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ||
-		    unlikely(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED) ||
-		    unlikely(time_after(jiffies,
-					(inode->dirtied_time_when +
-					 dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ)))) {
-			dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED;
-			trace_writeback_lazytime(inode);
-		}
-	} else
-		inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED;
+	if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) &&
+	    ((dirty & I_DIRTY_INODE) ||
+	     wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync ||
+	     time_after(jiffies, inode->dirtied_time_when +
+			dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ))) {
+		dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME;
+		trace_writeback_lazytime(inode);
+	}
 	inode->i_state &= ~dirty;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
index ae453dd236a69..6fcdf7e449fe7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ xfs_trans_log_inode(
 	 * to log the timestamps, or will clear already cleared fields in the
 	 * worst case.
 	 */
-	if (inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED)) {
+	if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-		inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED);
+		inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME;
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 876bfb6df06a9..b6a955ba6173a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2071,7 +2071,6 @@ static inline void init_sync_kiocb(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct file *filp)
 #define I_DIO_WAKEUP		(1 << __I_DIO_WAKEUP)
 #define I_LINKABLE		(1 << 10)
 #define I_DIRTY_TIME		(1 << 11)
-#define I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED	(1 << 12)
 #define I_WB_SWITCH		(1 << 13)
 #define I_OVL_INUSE		(1 << 14)
 #define I_CREATING		(1 << 15)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index 29d09755e5cfc..146e7b3faa856 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 		{I_CLEAR,		"I_CLEAR"},		\
 		{I_SYNC,		"I_SYNC"},		\
 		{I_DIRTY_TIME,		"I_DIRTY_TIME"},	\
-		{I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED,	"I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED"}, \
 		{I_REFERENCED,		"I_REFERENCED"}		\
 	)
 
