diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.c b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
index 9bced0a5c2534238dd086e7350eaa1709bdc6c0e..144e200c4909a90b0c6a8ed2b0cae71c1c7af623 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ __nilfs_get_page_block(struct page *page, unsigned long block, pgoff_t index,
 	first_block = (unsigned long)index << (PAGE_SHIFT - blkbits);
 	bh = nilfs_page_get_nth_block(page, block - first_block);
 
-	touch_buffer(bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	return bh;
 }