diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c
index c4d7a9241dc3241b04a6211e1123b9db5713ca96..b56ff451adcee8960b14bf2917a74f2026f5960f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c
@@ -353,20 +353,17 @@ xfs_btree_free_block(
  */
 void
 xfs_btree_del_cursor(
-	xfs_btree_cur_t	*cur,		/* btree cursor */
-	int		error)		/* del because of error */
+	struct xfs_btree_cur	*cur,		/* btree cursor */
+	int			error)		/* del because of error */
 {
-	int		i;		/* btree level */
+	int			i;		/* btree level */
 
 	/*
-	 * Clear the buffer pointers, and release the buffers.
-	 * If we're doing this in the face of an error, we
-	 * need to make sure to inspect all of the entries
-	 * in the bc_bufs array for buffers to be unlocked.
-	 * This is because some of the btree code works from
-	 * level n down to 0, and if we get an error along
-	 * the way we won't have initialized all the entries
-	 * down to 0.
+	 * Clear the buffer pointers and release the buffers. If we're doing
+	 * this because of an error, inspect all of the entries in the bc_bufs
+	 * array for buffers to be unlocked. This is because some of the btree
+	 * code works from level n down to 0, and if we get an error along the
+	 * way we won't have initialized all the entries down to 0.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < cur->bc_nlevels; i++) {
 		if (cur->bc_bufs[i])
@@ -374,17 +371,11 @@ xfs_btree_del_cursor(
 		else if (!error)
 			break;
 	}
-	/*
-	 * Can't free a bmap cursor without having dealt with the
-	 * allocated indirect blocks' accounting.
-	 */
-	ASSERT(cur->bc_btnum != XFS_BTNUM_BMAP ||
-	       cur->bc_ino.allocated == 0);
-	/*
-	 * Free the cursor.
-	 */
+
+	ASSERT(cur->bc_btnum != XFS_BTNUM_BMAP || cur->bc_ino.allocated == 0 ||
+	       XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(cur->bc_mp));
 	if (unlikely(cur->bc_flags & XFS_BTREE_STAGING))
-		kmem_free((void *)cur->bc_ops);
+		kmem_free(cur->bc_ops);
 	kmem_cache_free(xfs_btree_cur_zone, cur);
 }