diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index ca5bd2951a84d85b898b59600506260f0bfb04ba..2ed035354c26aab0b40cbd85c83df7b5bb36cd84 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -707,8 +707,6 @@ xfs_reclaim_inodes_ag(
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ASSERT(xfs_iflags_test(ip, (XFS_IRECLAIMABLE|XFS_IRECLAIM)));
-
 		/* ignore if already under reclaim */
 		if (xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IRECLAIM)) {
 			read_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);