diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 5eba47f593f8..de7c95c7d840 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ static inline struct hugetlbfs_inode_info *HUGETLBFS_I(struct inode *inode)
 	return container_of(inode, struct hugetlbfs_inode_info, vfs_inode);
 }
 
-static struct backing_dev_info hugetlbfs_backing_dev_info = {
-	.name		= "hugetlbfs",
-	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
-	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK,
-};
-
 int sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group;
 
 enum {
@@ -498,7 +492,7 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 		lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_mapping->i_mmap_rwsem,
 				&hugetlbfs_i_mmap_rwsem_key);
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &hugetlbfs_aops;
-		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info =&hugetlbfs_backing_dev_info;
+		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		inode->i_mapping->private_data = resv_map;
 		info = HUGETLBFS_I(inode);
@@ -1032,10 +1026,6 @@ static int __init init_hugetlbfs_fs(void)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	error = bdi_init(&hugetlbfs_backing_dev_info);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	hugetlbfs_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("hugetlbfs_inode_cache",
 					sizeof(struct hugetlbfs_inode_info),
@@ -1071,7 +1061,6 @@ static int __init init_hugetlbfs_fs(void)
  out:
 	kmem_cache_destroy(hugetlbfs_inode_cachep);
  out2:
-	bdi_destroy(&hugetlbfs_backing_dev_info);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -1091,7 +1080,6 @@ static void __exit exit_hugetlbfs_fs(void)
 	for_each_hstate(h)
 		kern_unmount(hugetlbfs_vfsmount[i++]);
 	unregister_filesystem(&hugetlbfs_fs_type);
-	bdi_destroy(&hugetlbfs_backing_dev_info);
 }
 
 module_init(init_hugetlbfs_fs)
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
index 985217626e66..06f06887b2d2 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations kernfs_aops = {
 	.write_end	= simple_write_end,
 };
 
-static struct backing_dev_info kernfs_bdi = {
-	.name		= "kernfs",
-	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
-	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK,
-};
-
 static const struct inode_operations kernfs_iops = {
 	.permission	= kernfs_iop_permission,
 	.setattr	= kernfs_iop_setattr,
@@ -40,12 +34,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations kernfs_iops = {
 	.listxattr	= kernfs_iop_listxattr,
 };
 
-void __init kernfs_inode_init(void)
-{
-	if (bdi_init(&kernfs_bdi))
-		panic("failed to init kernfs_bdi");
-}
-
 static struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 {
 	static DEFINE_MUTEX(iattr_mutex);
@@ -298,7 +286,7 @@ static void kernfs_init_inode(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct inode *inode)
 	kernfs_get(kn);
 	inode->i_private = kn;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &kernfs_aops;
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &kernfs_bdi;
+	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 	inode->i_op = &kernfs_iops;
 
 	set_default_inode_attr(inode, kn->mode);
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index dc84a3ef9ca2..af9fa7499919 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ int kernfs_iop_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 ssize_t kernfs_iop_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buf,
 			    size_t size);
 ssize_t kernfs_iop_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t size);
-void kernfs_inode_init(void);
 
 /*
  * dir.c
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
index f973ae9b05f1..8eaf417187f1 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
@@ -246,5 +246,4 @@ void __init kernfs_init(void)
 	kernfs_node_cache = kmem_cache_create("kernfs_node_cache",
 					      sizeof(struct kernfs_node),
 					      0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
-	kernfs_inode_init();
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index 57c40e34f56f..6000d3029b26 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -390,12 +390,6 @@ clear_fields:
 	ip->ip_conn = NULL;
 }
 
-static struct backing_dev_info dlmfs_backing_dev_info = {
-	.name		= "ocfs2-dlmfs",
-	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
-	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK,
-};
-
 static struct inode *dlmfs_get_root_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = new_inode(sb);
@@ -404,7 +398,7 @@ static struct inode *dlmfs_get_root_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (inode) {
 		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 		inode_init_owner(inode, NULL, mode);
-		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &dlmfs_backing_dev_info;
+		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		inc_nlink(inode);
 
@@ -428,7 +422,7 @@ static struct inode *dlmfs_get_inode(struct inode *parent,
 
 	inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 	inode_init_owner(inode, parent, mode);
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &dlmfs_backing_dev_info;
+	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
 	ip = DLMFS_I(inode);
@@ -643,10 +637,6 @@ static int __init init_dlmfs_fs(void)
 	int status;
 	int cleanup_inode = 0, cleanup_worker = 0;
 
-	status = bdi_init(&dlmfs_backing_dev_info);
-	if (status)
-		return status;
-
 	dlmfs_inode_cache = kmem_cache_create("dlmfs_inode_cache",
 				sizeof(struct dlmfs_inode_private),
 				0, (SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|
@@ -673,7 +663,6 @@ bail:
 			kmem_cache_destroy(dlmfs_inode_cache);
 		if (cleanup_worker)
 			destroy_workqueue(user_dlm_worker);
-		bdi_destroy(&dlmfs_backing_dev_info);
 	} else
 		printk("OCFS2 User DLM kernel interface loaded\n");
 	return status;
@@ -693,7 +682,6 @@ static void __exit exit_dlmfs_fs(void)
 	rcu_barrier();
 	kmem_cache_destroy(dlmfs_inode_cache);
 
-	bdi_destroy(&dlmfs_backing_dev_info);
 }
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Oracle");