2 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index fa0bcac5ceae..d329c9df90ae 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1584,10 +1584,9 @@ static int ocfs2_commit_thread(void *arg)
         while (!(kthread_should_stop() &&
                  atomic_read(&journal->j_num_trans) == 0)) {
 
-                wait_event_interruptible_timeout(osb->checkpoint_event,
-                                                 atomic_read(&journal->j_num_trans)
-                                                 || kthread_should_stop(),
-                                                 OCFS2_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL);
+                wait_event_interruptible(osb->checkpoint_event,
+                                         atomic_read(&journal->j_num_trans)
+                                         || kthread_should_stop());
 
                 status = ocfs2_commit_cache(osb);
                 if (status < 0)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index 7d0a816184fa..2f3a6acdac45 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/jbd.h>
 
-#define OCFS2_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL        (8 * HZ)
-
 enum ocfs2_journal_state {
         OCFS2_JOURNAL_FREE = 0,
         OCFS2_JOURNAL_LOADED,