diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index ab8181f8d08a..02022164772d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -1856,6 +1856,8 @@ xfs_inodegc_worker(
 	struct llist_node	*node = llist_del_all(&gc->list);
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip, *n;
 
+	ASSERT(gc->cpu == smp_processor_id());
+
 	WRITE_ONCE(gc->items, 0);
 
 	if (!node)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index 3d58938a6f75..29f35169bf9c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ struct xfs_inodegc {
 	/* approximate count of inodes in the list */
 	unsigned int		items;
 	unsigned int		shrinker_hits;
+#if defined(DEBUG) || defined(XFS_WARN)
+	unsigned int		cpu;
+#endif
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 9b3af7611eaa..569960e4ea3a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -1062,6 +1062,9 @@ xfs_inodegc_init_percpu(
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		gc = per_cpu_ptr(mp->m_inodegc, cpu);
+#if defined(DEBUG) || defined(XFS_WARN)
+		gc->cpu = cpu;
+#endif
 		init_llist_head(&gc->list);
 		gc->items = 0;
 		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&gc->work, xfs_inodegc_worker);