diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 7206a634270b..dab1511294ad 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1417,11 +1417,9 @@ static inline unsigned long zap_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	do {
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
 		if (is_swap_pmd(*pmd) || pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) || pmd_devmap(*pmd)) {
-			if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) {
-				VM_BUG_ON_VMA(vma_is_anonymous(vma) &&
-				    !rwsem_is_locked(&tlb->mm->mmap_sem), vma);
+			if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE)
 				__split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr, false, NULL);
-			} else if (zap_huge_pmd(tlb, vma, pmd, addr))
+			else if (zap_huge_pmd(tlb, vma, pmd, addr))
 				goto next;
 			/* fall through */
 		}