diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 7ba70c49bbdbf1321b8e2372db1426aebbf216bf..d84b5341bea25c95d3822308c6b92443ecddae32 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 
 #include "rbd_types.h"
 
+#define RBD_DEBUG	/* Activate rbd_assert() calls */
+
 /*
  * The basic unit of block I/O is a sector.  It is interpreted in a
  * number of contexts in Linux (blk, bio, genhd), but the default is
@@ -232,6 +234,18 @@ static struct device rbd_root_dev = {
 	.release =      rbd_root_dev_release,
 };
 
+#ifdef RBD_DEBUG
+#define rbd_assert(expr)						\
+		if (unlikely(!(expr))) {				\
+			printk(KERN_ERR "\nAssertion failure in %s() "	\
+						"at line %d:\n\n"	\
+					"\trbd_assert(%s);\n\n",	\
+					__func__, __LINE__, #expr);	\
+			BUG();						\
+		}
+#else /* !RBD_DEBUG */
+#  define rbd_assert(expr)	((void) 0)
+#endif /* !RBD_DEBUG */
 
 static struct device *rbd_get_dev(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 {
@@ -406,7 +420,8 @@ static int parse_rbd_opts_token(char *c, void *private)
 		rbd_opts->read_only = false;
 		break;
 	default:
-		BUG_ON(token);
+		rbd_assert(false);
+		break;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -705,7 +720,7 @@ static u64 rbd_segment_length(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev,
 
 	offset &= segment_size - 1;
 
-	BUG_ON(length > U64_MAX - offset);
+	rbd_assert(length <= U64_MAX - offset);
 	if (offset + length > segment_size)
 		length = segment_size - offset;
 
@@ -842,7 +857,7 @@ static struct bio *bio_chain_clone(struct bio **old, struct bio **next,
 		total += tmp->bi_size;
 	}
 
-	BUG_ON(total < len);
+	rbd_assert(total == len);
 
 	*old = old_chain;
 
@@ -1101,7 +1116,7 @@ static int rbd_req_sync_op(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev,
 	struct page **pages;
 	int num_pages;
 
-	BUG_ON(ops == NULL);
+	rbd_assert(ops != NULL);
 
 	num_pages = calc_pages_for(ofs , len);
 	pages = ceph_alloc_page_vector(num_pages, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1163,7 +1178,7 @@ static int rbd_do_op(struct request *rq,
 	/* we've taken care of segment sizes earlier when we
 	   cloned the bios. We should never have a segment
 	   truncated at this point */
-	BUG_ON(seg_len < len);
+	rbd_assert(seg_len == len);
 
 	ret = rbd_do_request(rq, rbd_dev, snapc, snapid,
 			     seg_name, seg_ofs, seg_len,
@@ -2186,7 +2201,7 @@ static int __rbd_init_snaps_header(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 					     : CEPH_NOSNAP;
 		snap = links != head ? list_entry(links, struct rbd_snap, node)
 				     : NULL;
-		BUG_ON(snap && snap->id == CEPH_NOSNAP);
+		rbd_assert(!snap || snap->id != CEPH_NOSNAP);
 
 		if (snap_id == CEPH_NOSNAP || (snap && snap->id > snap_id)) {
 			struct list_head *next = links->next;
@@ -2222,8 +2237,9 @@ static int __rbd_init_snaps_header(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 		} else {
 			/* Already have this one */
 
-			BUG_ON(snap->size != rbd_dev->header.snap_sizes[index]);
-			BUG_ON(strcmp(snap->name, snap_name));
+			rbd_assert(snap->size ==
+					rbd_dev->header.snap_sizes[index]);
+			rbd_assert(!strcmp(snap->name, snap_name));
 
 			/* Done with this list entry; advance */
 
@@ -2313,7 +2329,7 @@ static void rbd_id_put(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 	int rbd_id = rbd_dev->dev_id;
 	int max_id;
 
-	BUG_ON(rbd_id < 1);
+	rbd_assert(rbd_id > 0);
 
 	spin_lock(&rbd_dev_list_lock);
 	list_del_init(&rbd_dev->node);
@@ -2705,6 +2721,7 @@ static ssize_t rbd_remove(struct bus_type *bus,
 
 done:
 	mutex_unlock(&ctl_mutex);
+
 	return ret;
 }