diff --git a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
index 2d013a88e356..6a01de867795 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
@@ -299,8 +299,6 @@ nfsd_file_unhash(struct nfsd_file *nf)
 static bool
 nfsd_file_unhash_and_release_locked(struct nfsd_file *nf, struct list_head *dispose)
 {
-	lockdep_assert_held(&nfsd_file_hashtbl[nf->nf_hashval].nfb_lock);
-
 	trace_nfsd_file_unhash_and_release_locked(nf);
 	if (!nfsd_file_unhash(nf))
 		return false;