diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.h
index 10e50cbacacf5ddf5af7ceb2ad8429ac5028b8ae..ba11d2a4b686e4ff30ae0b06acd28929dcc0a9de 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.h
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ xfs_btree_islastblock(
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp;
 
 	block = xfs_btree_get_block(cur, level, &bp);
-	ASSERT(block && xfs_btree_check_block(cur, block, level, bp) == 0);
 
 	if (cur->bc_flags & XFS_BTREE_LONG_PTRS)
 		return block->bb_u.l.bb_rightsib == cpu_to_be64(NULLFSBLOCK);