diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index 722743b..15690bb 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@
  */
 int afs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = page->mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	struct afs_writeback *wb;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -455,8 +454,6 @@
 	}
 
 	wbc->nr_to_write -= ret;
-	if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi))
-		wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
 
 	_leave(" = 0");
 	return 0;
@@ -469,7 +466,6 @@
 				 struct writeback_control *wbc,
 				 pgoff_t index, pgoff_t end, pgoff_t *_next)
 {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	struct afs_writeback *wb;
 	struct page *page;
 	int ret, n;
@@ -529,11 +525,6 @@
 
 		wbc->nr_to_write -= ret;
 
-		if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
-			wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-
 		cond_resched();
 	} while (index < end && wbc->nr_to_write > 0);
 
@@ -548,24 +539,16 @@
 int afs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		   struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	pgoff_t start, end, next;
 	int ret;
 
 	_enter("");
 
-	if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
-		wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
-		_leave(" = 0 [congest]");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
 		start = mapping->writeback_index;
 		end = -1;
 		ret = afs_writepages_region(mapping, wbc, start, end, &next);
-		if (start > 0 && wbc->nr_to_write > 0 && ret == 0 &&
-		    !(wbc->nonblocking && wbc->encountered_congestion))
+		if (start > 0 && wbc->nr_to_write > 0 && ret == 0)
 			ret = afs_writepages_region(mapping, wbc, 0, start,
 						    &next);
 		mapping->writeback_index = next;
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 7f0b9b0..ec21a92 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@
 		 * and kswapd activity, but those code paths have their own
 		 * higher-level throttling.
 		 */
-		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE || !wbc->nonblocking) {
+		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE) {
 			lock_buffer(bh);
 		} else if (!trylock_buffer(bh)) {
 			redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 51bcc5c..e9c874a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -591,7 +591,6 @@
 				 struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc;
 	pgoff_t index, start, end;
@@ -633,13 +632,6 @@
 
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
 
-	/* ?? */
-	if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
-		dout(" writepages congested\n");
-		wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
-		goto out_final;
-	}
-
 	/* where to start/end? */
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
 		start = mapping->writeback_index; /* Start from prev offset */
@@ -885,7 +877,6 @@
 		rc = 0;  /* vfs expects us to return 0 */
 	ceph_put_snap_context(snapc);
 	dout("writepages done, rc = %d\n", rc);
-out_final:
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 8c81e7b..45af003 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -1303,7 +1303,6 @@
 static int cifs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			   struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	unsigned int bytes_to_write;
 	unsigned int bytes_written;
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
@@ -1326,15 +1325,6 @@
 	int scanned = 0;
 	int xid, long_op;
 
-	/*
-	 * BB: Is this meaningful for a non-block-device file system?
-	 * If it is, we should test it again after we do I/O
-	 */
-	if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
-		wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index f3b071f..939739c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		 * activity, but those code paths have their own higher-level
 		 * throttling.
 		 */
-		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE || !wbc->nonblocking) {
+		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE) {
 			lock_buffer(bh);
 		} else if (!trylock_buffer(bh)) {
 			redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 605e292..4c14c17 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -290,9 +290,7 @@
 	nfs_add_stats(inode, NFSIOS_WRITEPAGES, 1);
 
 	nfs_pageio_cond_complete(pgio, page->index);
-	ret = nfs_page_async_flush(pgio, page,
-			wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE ||
-			wbc->nonblocking != 0);
+	ret = nfs_page_async_flush(pgio, page, wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE);
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
 		redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
 		ret = 0;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index caa7583..c1f9389 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@
 		/* from this point on, we know the buffer is mapped to a
 		 * real block and not a direct item
 		 */
-		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE || !wbc->nonblocking) {
+		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE) {
 			lock_buffer(bh);
 		} else {
 			if (!trylock_buffer(bh)) {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index b552f81..c9af48f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -1139,8 +1139,7 @@
 				type = IO_DELAY;
 				flags = BMAPI_ALLOCATE;
 
-				if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE &&
-				    wbc->nonblocking)
+				if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
 					flags |= BMAPI_TRYLOCK;
 			}