diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index 22b9e34ceb75..eab505ee0027 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
-#include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
@@ -1787,7 +1786,6 @@ again:
 
 		mutex_unlock(&c->bucket_lock);
 
-		try_to_freeze();
 		schedule();
 	}