diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index ba385cd..05e4e84 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -598,7 +598,6 @@
 
 	ASSERT(cur);
 	ASSERT(whichfork != XFS_COW_FORK);
-	ASSERT(!xfs_need_iread_extents(ifp));
 	ASSERT(ifp->if_format == XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE);
 	ASSERT(be16_to_cpu(rblock->bb_level) == 1);
 	ASSERT(be16_to_cpu(rblock->bb_numrecs) == 1);