diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 069b22eba7955f..1c61491fd86f80 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -2560,7 +2560,6 @@ static void __journal_remove_journal_head(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	struct journal_head *jh = bh2jh(bh);
 
-	J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_jcount >= 0);
 	J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_transaction == NULL);
 	J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_next_transaction == NULL);
 	J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_cp_transaction == NULL);