diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.c b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
index 10def4b55995631b0e01905d5a1b1d97be10d65a..296dbf9cca22d0e5739831a74cea901ee4c60575 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ static struct buffer_head *__nilfs_get_folio_block(struct folio *folio,
 	first_block = (unsigned long)index << (PAGE_SHIFT - blkbits);
 	bh = get_nth_bh(bh, block - first_block);
 
-	touch_buffer(bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	return bh;
 }