diff --git a/fs/ubifs/find.c b/fs/ubifs/find.c
index e045c8b..47814cd 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/find.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/find.c
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@
 		rsvd_idx_lebs = 0;
 	lebs = c->lst.empty_lebs + c->freeable_cnt + c->idx_gc_cnt -
 	       c->lst.taken_empty_lebs;
-	ubifs_assert(lebs + c->lst.idx_lebs >= c->min_idx_lebs);
 	if (rsvd_idx_lebs < lebs)
 		/*
 		 * OK to allocate an empty LEB, but we still don't want to go