diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_bulk.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_bulk.c
index 6152c1b766c3..22621c74a66a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_bulk.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_bulk.c
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ static unsigned long enc_pools_cleanup(struct page ***pools, int npools)
 static inline void enc_pools_wakeup(void)
 {
 	assert_spin_locked(&page_pools.epp_lock);
-	LASSERT(page_pools.epp_waitqlen >= 0);
 
 	if (unlikely(page_pools.epp_waitqlen)) {
 		LASSERT(waitqueue_active(&page_pools.epp_waitq));