diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_format.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_format.c
index c9aee52a37e2..7e42fdfd2f1d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_format.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_format.c
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ xfs_dir3_data_get_ftype(
 {
 	__uint8_t	ftype = dep->name[dep->namelen];
 
-	ASSERT(ftype < XFS_DIR3_FT_MAX);
 	if (ftype >= XFS_DIR3_FT_MAX)
 		return XFS_DIR3_FT_UNKNOWN;
 	return ftype;