diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 2a4aae6acdcb..038cfe85f9cb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4881,7 +4881,7 @@ 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 b9aa4ff83bbd..62e2e1ed345a 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1237,7 +1237,6 @@ 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 older_than_this)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(tmp);
@@ -1254,8 +1253,6 @@ 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))
@@ -1303,11 +1300,11 @@ 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, older_than_this);
+	moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
 	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, older_than_this, moved);
@@ -1485,16 +1482,14 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	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) ||
+		    wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync ||
 		    unlikely(time_after(jiffies,
 					(inode->dirtied_time_when +
 					 dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ)))) {
-			dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED;
+			dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME;
 			trace_writeback_lazytime(inode);
 		}
-	} else
-		inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED;
+	}
 	inode->i_state &= ~dirty;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
index 2b8ccb5b975d..3c903f2c498d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ 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 b02290d19edd..2c141d53949f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2177,7 +2177,6 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
 #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 b4500bdee2c0..a48e1f83fcdc 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"}		\
 	)
 
