diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index fda13cd7add0e0617f69af078cb66ba33efd6a78..76be1a18e2442f02199e93258b8afa23f52d0a9d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -3902,8 +3902,7 @@ xfs_bmapi_read(
 	int			whichfork = xfs_bmapi_whichfork(flags);
 
 	ASSERT(*nmap >= 1);
-	ASSERT(!(flags & ~(XFS_BMAPI_ATTRFORK|XFS_BMAPI_ENTIRE|
-			   XFS_BMAPI_COWFORK)));
+	ASSERT(!(flags & ~(XFS_BMAPI_ATTRFORK | XFS_BMAPI_ENTIRE)));
 	ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED|XFS_ILOCK_EXCL));
 
 	if (XFS_IS_CORRUPT(mp, !xfs_ifork_has_extents(ip, whichfork)) ||
@@ -3918,16 +3917,6 @@ xfs_bmapi_read(
 
 	ifp = XFS_IFORK_PTR(ip, whichfork);
 	if (!ifp) {
-		/* No CoW fork?  Return a hole. */
-		if (whichfork == XFS_COW_FORK) {
-			mval->br_startoff = bno;
-			mval->br_startblock = HOLESTARTBLOCK;
-			mval->br_blockcount = len;
-			mval->br_state = XFS_EXT_NORM;
-			*nmap = 1;
-			return 0;
-		}
-
 		/*
 		 * A missing attr ifork implies that the inode says we're in
 		 * extents or btree format but failed to pass the inode fork