diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree-spine.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree-spine.c
index e03cb9e4877381c4bb6fc17da2b7e73890073793..c4b386b2be972f8d729c22f3b8ecfb2eee957be0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree-spine.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree-spine.c
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ static void node_prepare_for_write(struct dm_block_validator *v,
 	h->csum = cpu_to_le32(dm_bm_checksum(&h->flags,
 					     block_size - sizeof(__le32),
 					     BTREE_CSUM_XOR));
-
-	BUG_ON(node_check(v, b, 4096));
 }
 
 static int node_check(struct dm_block_validator *v,