diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index fe09ef9c21f3..846ee2d31781 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1946,11 +1946,6 @@ static int blkdev_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t wait)
 static int blkdev_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			     struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	if (dax_mapping(mapping)) {
-		struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(mapping->host);
-
-		return dax_writeback_mapping_range(mapping, bdev, wbc);
-	}
 	return generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
 }