diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index fb129fe94a0df7..c7246b00d36389 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1274,7 +1274,6 @@ static int __send_empty_flush(struct clone_info *ci)
 	ci->bio = &flush_bio;
 	ci->sector_count = 0;
 
-	BUG_ON(bio_has_data(ci->bio));
 	while ((ti = dm_table_get_target(ci->map, target_nr++)))
 		__send_duplicate_bios(ci, ti, ti->num_flush_bios, NULL);