diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/Journal.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/Journal.cpp
index c296a518f8..439673e739 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/Journal.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/Journal.cpp
@@ -762,7 +762,6 @@ Journal::_TransactionDone(bool success)
 		else
 			cache_abort_transaction(fVolume->BlockCache(), fTransactionID);
 
-		fUnwrittenTransactions--;
 		return B_OK;
 	}