diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
index da00fbd30721..64c8a2ba4fe6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
@@ -1247,7 +1247,6 @@ void ll_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	if (lli->lli_posix_acl) {
-		LASSERT(atomic_read(&lli->lli_posix_acl->a_refcount) == 1);
 		posix_acl_release(lli->lli_posix_acl);
 		lli->lli_posix_acl = NULL;
 	}