diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 443c348..14b9fdc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -254,8 +254,11 @@ static inline int extwriter_counter_read(struct btrfs_transaction *trans)
 }
 
 /*
- * To be called after all the new block groups attached to the transaction
- * handle have been created (btrfs_create_pending_block_groups()).
+ * To be called after doing the chunk btree updates right after allocating a new
+ * chunk (after btrfs_chunk_alloc_add_chunk_item() is called), when removing a
+ * chunk after all chunk btree updates and after finishing the second phase of
+ * chunk allocation (btrfs_create_pending_block_groups()) in case some block
+ * group had its chunk item insertion delayed to the second phase.
  */
 void btrfs_trans_release_chunk_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 {
@@ -264,8 +267,6 @@ void btrfs_trans_release_chunk_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 	if (!trans->chunk_bytes_reserved)
 		return;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&trans->new_bgs));
-
 	btrfs_block_rsv_release(fs_info, &fs_info->chunk_block_rsv,
 				trans->chunk_bytes_reserved, NULL);
 	trans->chunk_bytes_reserved = 0;
@@ -696,7 +697,6 @@ start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned int num_items,
 	h->fs_info = root->fs_info;
 
 	h->type = type;
-	h->can_flush_pending_bgs = true;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&h->new_bgs);
 
 	smp_mb();