diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 74b768ca1cd8823e6d22456b76803dcbe32b72cb..3b239637f884e5857fcb9348f41d6a8587edc2d4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -2554,8 +2554,6 @@ static int dlm_migrate_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 	if (!dlm_grab(dlm))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	BUG_ON(target == O2NM_MAX_NODES);
-
 	name = res->lockname.name;
 	namelen = res->lockname.len;