diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index add46b06be869820ce3c8b080d2058d49f14c74f..7c1855afd723d919cc6d5d5874b0ac4e853de998 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1107,15 +1107,6 @@ static void aio_complete(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res, long res2)
 		file_end_write(file);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Special case handling for sync iocbs:
-	 *  - events go directly into the iocb for fast handling
-	 *  - the sync task with the iocb in its stack holds the single iocb
-	 *    ref, no other paths have a way to get another ref
-	 *  - the sync task helpfully left a reference to itself in the iocb
-	 */
-	BUG_ON(is_sync_kiocb(kiocb));
-
 	if (iocb->ki_list.next) {
 		unsigned long flags;