diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index d54441b4c6ca..c4426d12a2ad 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -1008,25 +1008,6 @@ static int ocfs2_sync_local_to_main(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		start = bit_off + 1;
 	}
 
-	/* clear the contiguous bits until the end boundary */
-	if (count) {
-		blkno = la_start_blk +
-			ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(osb->sb,
-					start - count);
-
-		trace_ocfs2_sync_local_to_main_free(
-				count, start - count,
-				(unsigned long long)la_start_blk,
-				(unsigned long long)blkno);
-
-		status = ocfs2_release_clusters(handle,
-				main_bm_inode,
-				main_bm_bh, blkno,
-				count);
-		if (status < 0)
-			mlog_errno(status);
-	}
-
 bail:
 	if (status)
 		mlog_errno(status);