diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.c b/block/blk-wbt.c
index 53bf5aa6f9ad..21bbeb31a444 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.c
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.c
@@ -200,15 +200,6 @@ static void wbt_rqw_done(struct rq_wb *rwb, struct rq_wait *rqw,
 
 	inflight = atomic_dec_return(&rqw->inflight);
 
-	/*
-	 * wbt got disabled with IO in flight. Wake up any potential
-	 * waiters, we don't have to do more than that.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(!rwb_enabled(rwb))) {
-		rwb_wake_all(rwb);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * For discards, our limit is always the background. For writes, if
 	 * the device does write back caching, drop further down before we
@@ -545,13 +536,6 @@ static inline unsigned int get_limit(struct rq_wb *rwb, blk_opf_t opf)
 {
 	unsigned int limit;
 
-	/*
-	 * If we got disabled, just return UINT_MAX. This ensures that
-	 * we'll properly inc a new IO, and dec+wakeup at the end.
-	 */
-	if (!rwb_enabled(rwb))
-		return UINT_MAX;
-
 	if ((opf & REQ_OP_MASK) == REQ_OP_DISCARD)
 		return rwb->wb_background;