diff --git a/fs/btrfs/locking.c b/fs/btrfs/locking.c
index 313d9d685adb..33461b4f9c8b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/locking.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/locking.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ void __btrfs_tree_read_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb, enum btrfs_lock_nesting ne
 		start_ns = ktime_get_ns();
 
 	down_read_nested(&eb->lock, nest);
-	eb->lock_owner = current->pid;
 	trace_btrfs_tree_read_lock(eb, start_ns);
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ void btrfs_tree_read_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
 int btrfs_try_tree_read_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
 {
 	if (down_read_trylock(&eb->lock)) {
-		eb->lock_owner = current->pid;
 		trace_btrfs_try_tree_read_lock(eb);
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -90,7 +88,6 @@ int btrfs_try_tree_write_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
 void btrfs_tree_read_unlock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
 {
 	trace_btrfs_tree_read_unlock(eb);
-	eb->lock_owner = 0;
 	up_read(&eb->lock);
 }