diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index a3385b6..0a99273 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@
 
 static inline void ocfs2_start_checkpoint(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
-	atomic_set(&osb->needs_checkpoint, 1);
 	wake_up(&osb->checkpoint_event);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index d355e6e..3a90347 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@
 	struct task_struct *recovery_thread_task;
 	int disable_recovery;
 	wait_queue_head_t checkpoint_event;
-	atomic_t needs_checkpoint;
 	struct ocfs2_journal *journal;
 	unsigned long osb_commit_interval;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 01b8516..854d809 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -286,10 +286,9 @@
 	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
 
 	out += snprintf(buf + out, len - out,
-			"%10s => Pid: %d  Interval: %lu  Needs: %d\n", "Commit",
+			"%10s => Pid: %d  Interval: %lu\n", "Commit",
 			(osb->commit_task ? task_pid_nr(osb->commit_task) : -1),
-			osb->osb_commit_interval,
-			atomic_read(&osb->needs_checkpoint));
+			osb->osb_commit_interval);
 
 	out += snprintf(buf + out, len - out,
 			"%10s => State: %d  TxnId: %lu  NumTxns: %d\n",
@@ -2154,7 +2153,6 @@
 	}
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&osb->checkpoint_event);
-	atomic_set(&osb->needs_checkpoint, 0);
 
 	osb->s_atime_quantum = OCFS2_DEFAULT_ATIME_QUANTUM;