diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index d9a692484eaed2e2e363b0920f70e7b70996654b..42e0a7ee7d2bb8837756ebc62709b1b74df10a42 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ xfs_bmap_btree_to_extents(
 
 	ASSERT(cur);
 	ASSERT(whichfork != XFS_COW_FORK);
-	ASSERT(ifp->if_flags & XFS_IFEXTENTS);
 	ASSERT(ifp->if_format == XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE);
 	ASSERT(be16_to_cpu(rblock->bb_level) == 1);
 	ASSERT(be16_to_cpu(rblock->bb_numrecs) == 1);