diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.c
index 2a731722d8407de40be9d2bbd82d6cabb8f8c737..1988c243f437eca2835fe8ce7a47166e735c2b8a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static void update_irq(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms)
 	struct mdp_irq *irq;
 	uint32_t irqmask = mdp_kms->vblank_mask;
 
-	BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&list_lock));
+	assert_spin_locked(&list_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(irq, &mdp_kms->irq_list, node)
 		irqmask |= irq->irqmask;