diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index b2e1c75e4fbe..762bd509b71b 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ struct cfq_queue {
 	unsigned long slice_end;
 	long slice_resid;
 
-	/* pending metadata requests */
-	int meta_pending;
 	/* number of requests that are on the dispatch list or inside driver */
 	int dispatched;
 
@@ -670,9 +668,6 @@ cfq_choose_req(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct request *rq1, struct request *rq2,
 	if (rq_is_sync(rq1) != rq_is_sync(rq2))
 		return rq_is_sync(rq1) ? rq1 : rq2;
 
-	if ((rq1->cmd_flags ^ rq2->cmd_flags) & REQ_META)
-		return rq1->cmd_flags & REQ_META ? rq1 : rq2;
-
 	s1 = blk_rq_pos(rq1);
 	s2 = blk_rq_pos(rq2);
 
@@ -1593,10 +1588,6 @@ static void cfq_remove_request(struct request *rq)
 	cfqq->cfqd->rq_queued--;
 	cfq_blkiocg_update_io_remove_stats(&(RQ_CFQG(rq))->blkg,
 					rq_data_dir(rq), rq_is_sync(rq));
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_META) {
-		WARN_ON(!cfqq->meta_pending);
-		cfqq->meta_pending--;
-	}
 }
 
 static int cfq_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request **req,
@@ -3334,13 +3325,6 @@ cfq_should_preempt(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *new_cfqq,
 	    RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&cfqq->sort_list))
 		return true;
 
-	/*
-	 * So both queues are sync. Let the new request get disk time if
-	 * it's a metadata request and the current queue is doing regular IO.
-	 */
-	if ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_META) && !cfqq->meta_pending)
-		return true;
-
 	/*
 	 * Allow an RT request to pre-empt an ongoing non-RT cfqq timeslice.
 	 */
@@ -3405,8 +3389,6 @@ cfq_rq_enqueued(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq,
 	struct cfq_io_context *cic = RQ_CIC(rq);
 
 	cfqd->rq_queued++;
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_META)
-		cfqq->meta_pending++;
 
 	cfq_update_io_thinktime(cfqd, cic);
 	cfq_update_io_seektime(cfqd, cfqq, rq);