diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c
index 42685424817b5d846cbf411bcff815f62f023fa4..a7555238c41aaf942237b2aafb780c8605244812 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,6 @@ struct inode *exofs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		memcpy(oi->i_data, fcb.i_data, sizeof(fcb.i_data));
 	}
 
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdi;
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 		inode->i_op = &exofs_file_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &exofs_file_operations;
@@ -1131,7 +1130,6 @@ struct inode *exofs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, int mode)
 
 	sbi = sb->s_fs_info;
 
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdi;
 	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
 	inode->i_ino = sbi->s_nextid++;