diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
index fe46bce8cae6382442244183a29c5ec506fe35c4..5535778a98f925d0ce158cc64f09c3981fe3670e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
@@ -416,8 +416,6 @@ xfs_reflink_fill_cow_hole(
 		goto convert;
 	}
 
-	ASSERT(cmap->br_startoff > imap->br_startoff);
-
 	/* Allocate the entire reservation as unwritten blocks. */
 	nimaps = 1;
 	error = xfs_bmapi_write(tp, ip, imap->br_startoff, imap->br_blockcount,