1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 9cc8f0213095..9f45c74f1a84 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -838,6 +838,7 @@ xfs_buf_rele(
                 return;
         }
 
+        ASSERT(atomic_read(&bp->b_hold) > 0);
         if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&bp->b_hold, &hash->bh_lock)) {
                 if (bp->b_relse) {
                         atomic_inc(&bp->b_hold);
@@ -851,11 +852,6 @@ xfs_buf_rele(
                         spin_unlock(&hash->bh_lock);
                         xfs_buf_free(bp);
                 }
-        } else {
-                /*
-                 * Catch reference count leaks
-                 */
-                ASSERT(atomic_read(&bp->b_hold) >= 0);
         }
 }