diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index 6cf6f17c45245e36cb14302580462e4eaede18a2..606c90457ca36c0646f4630472714498a362f514 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -6638,12 +6638,6 @@ long btrfs_ioctl_send(struct file *mnt_file, struct btrfs_ioctl_send_args *arg)
 	send_root->send_in_progress++;
 	spin_unlock(&send_root->root_item_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * This is done when we lookup the root, it should already be complete
-	 * by the time we get here.
-	 */
-	WARN_ON(send_root->orphan_cleanup_state != ORPHAN_CLEANUP_DONE);
-
 	/*
 	 * Userspace tools do the checks and warn the user if it's
 	 * not RO.