diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
index 014236e411d8..15d26236caf9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
@@ -962,7 +962,5 @@ void bch_debug_exit(void);
 int bch_debug_init(struct kobject *);
 void bch_request_exit(void);
 int bch_request_init(void);
-void bch_btree_exit(void);
-int bch_btree_init(void);
 
 #endif /* _BCACHE_H */
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index 01b1b7e23cf2..beb32551da78 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@
 #define PTR_HASH(c, k)							\
 	(((k)->ptr[0] >> c->bucket_bits) | PTR_GEN(k, 0))
 
-static struct workqueue_struct *btree_io_wq;
-
 #define insert_lock(s, b)	((b)->level <= (s)->lock)
 
 /*
@@ -362,8 +360,7 @@ static void __btree_node_write_done(struct closure *cl)
 	btree_complete_write(b, w);
 
 	if (btree_node_dirty(b))
-		queue_delayed_work(btree_io_wq, &b->work,
-				   msecs_to_jiffies(30000));
+		schedule_delayed_work(&b->work, 30 * HZ);
 
 	closure_return_with_destructor(cl, btree_node_write_unlock);
 }
@@ -535,7 +532,7 @@ static void bch_btree_leaf_dirty(struct btree *b, atomic_t *journal_ref)
 	BUG_ON(!i->keys);
 
 	if (!btree_node_dirty(b))
-		queue_delayed_work(btree_io_wq, &b->work, 30 * HZ);
+		schedule_delayed_work(&b->work, 30 * HZ);
 
 	set_btree_node_dirty(b);
 
@@ -2446,18 +2443,3 @@ void bch_keybuf_init(struct keybuf *buf)
 	spin_lock_init(&buf->lock);
 	array_allocator_init(&buf->freelist);
 }
-
-void bch_btree_exit(void)
-{
-	if (btree_io_wq)
-		destroy_workqueue(btree_io_wq);
-}
-
-int __init bch_btree_init(void)
-{
-	btree_io_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("bch_btree_io");
-	if (!btree_io_wq)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 9ded06434e11..307fe378ea43 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -2072,7 +2072,6 @@ static void bcache_exit(void)
 {
 	bch_debug_exit();
 	bch_request_exit();
-	bch_btree_exit();
 	if (bcache_kobj)
 		kobject_put(bcache_kobj);
 	if (bcache_wq)
@@ -2102,7 +2101,6 @@ static int __init bcache_init(void)
 	if (!(bcache_wq = create_workqueue("bcache")) ||
 	    !(bcache_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("bcache", fs_kobj)) ||
 	    sysfs_create_files(bcache_kobj, files) ||
-	    bch_btree_init() ||
 	    bch_request_init() ||
 	    bch_debug_init(bcache_kobj))
 		goto err;