diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 1357ef563893..88f0c7fba1ce 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1252,8 +1252,7 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	 */
 	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
 		dio->is_async = false;
-	else if (!(dio->flags & DIO_ASYNC_EXTEND) &&
-		 iov_iter_rw(iter) == WRITE && end > i_size_read(inode))
+	else if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == WRITE && end > i_size_read(inode))
 		dio->is_async = false;
 	else
 		dio->is_async = true;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 2a815560fda0..260c233e7375 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2977,9 +2977,6 @@ enum {
 	/* filesystem does not support filling holes */
 	DIO_SKIP_HOLES	= 0x02,
 
-	/* filesystem can handle aio writes beyond i_size */
-	DIO_ASYNC_EXTEND = 0x04,
-
 	/* inode/fs/bdev does not need truncate protection */
 	DIO_SKIP_DIO_COUNT = 0x08,
 };