diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 939584648504e6552be95e13a52b46e0d27592ea..0c78f05819df80020991540a5ee0b8e01dea9995 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_name(struct dentry *parent, const char *name)
  
 void d_instantiate(struct dentry *entry, struct inode * inode)
 {
-	if (!list_empty(&entry->d_alias)) BUG();
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&entry->d_alias));
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	if (inode)
 		list_add(&entry->d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);