diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 629a58b56728a657669b294c02523157b94bb854..e5fc31c37b37a7287ade5864a4ba44080d324a75 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -473,8 +473,6 @@ static unsigned long *get_map(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
 static void put_map(unsigned long *map) __releases(&object_map_lock)
 {
 	VM_BUG_ON(map != object_map);
-	lockdep_assert_held(&object_map_lock);
-
 	spin_unlock(&object_map_lock);
 }