diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
index bf1f3607d0b6..08df23edea72 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
@@ -864,28 +864,3 @@ xchk_ilock_inverted(
 	return -EDEADLOCK;
 }
 
-/* Pause background reaping of resources. */
-void
-xchk_stop_reaping(
-	struct xfs_scrub	*sc)
-{
-	sc->flags |= XCHK_REAPING_DISABLED;
-	xfs_blockgc_stop(sc->mp);
-	xfs_inodegc_stop(sc->mp);
-}
-
-/* Restart background reaping of resources. */
-void
-xchk_start_reaping(
-	struct xfs_scrub	*sc)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Readonly filesystems do not perform inactivation or speculative
-	 * preallocation, so there's no need to restart the workers.
-	 */
-	if (!xfs_is_readonly(sc->mp)) {
-		xfs_inodegc_start(sc->mp);
-		xfs_blockgc_start(sc->mp);
-	}
-	sc->flags &= ~XCHK_REAPING_DISABLED;
-}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
index 454145db10e7..2ca80102e704 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
@@ -148,7 +148,5 @@ static inline bool xchk_skip_xref(struct xfs_scrub_metadata *sm)
 
 int xchk_metadata_inode_forks(struct xfs_scrub *sc);
 int xchk_ilock_inverted(struct xfs_inode *ip, uint lock_mode);
-void xchk_stop_reaping(struct xfs_scrub *sc);
-void xchk_start_reaping(struct xfs_scrub *sc);
 
 #endif	/* __XFS_SCRUB_COMMON_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/fscounters.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/fscounters.c
index 48a6cbdf95d0..037541339d80 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/fscounters.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/fscounters.c
@@ -128,13 +128,6 @@ xchk_setup_fscounters(
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	/*
-	 * Pause background reclaim while we're scrubbing to reduce the
-	 * likelihood of background perturbations to the counters throwing off
-	 * our calculations.
-	 */
-	xchk_stop_reaping(sc);
-
 	return xchk_trans_alloc(sc, 0);
 }
 
@@ -353,6 +346,12 @@ xchk_fscounters(
 	if (fdblocks > mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks)
 		xchk_set_corrupt(sc);
 
+	/*
+	 * XXX: We can't quiesce percpu counter updates, so exit early.
+	 * This can be re-enabled when we gain exclusive freeze functionality.
+	 */
+	return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * If ifree exceeds icount by more than the minimum variance then
 	 * something's probably wrong with the counters.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
index 51e4c61916d2..e4d2a41983f7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ xchk_teardown(
 	}
 	if (sc->sm->sm_flags & XFS_SCRUB_IFLAG_REPAIR)
 		mnt_drop_write_file(sc->file);
-	if (sc->flags & XCHK_REAPING_DISABLED)
-		xchk_start_reaping(sc);
 	if (sc->flags & XCHK_HAS_QUOTAOFFLOCK) {
 		mutex_unlock(&sc->mp->m_quotainfo->qi_quotaofflock);
 		sc->flags &= ~XCHK_HAS_QUOTAOFFLOCK;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.h b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.h
index 80e5026bba44..e8d9fe9de26e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.h
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ struct xfs_scrub {
 /* XCHK state flags grow up from zero, XREP state flags grown down from 2^31 */
 #define XCHK_TRY_HARDER		(1 << 0)  /* can't get resources, try again */
 #define XCHK_HAS_QUOTAOFFLOCK	(1 << 1)  /* we hold the quotaoff lock */
-#define XCHK_REAPING_DISABLED	(1 << 2)  /* background block reaping paused */
 #define XREP_ALREADY_FIXED	(1 << 31) /* checking our repair work */
 
 /* Metadata scrubbers */