diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index d548538d0b16..cb996903c739 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9915,7 +9915,6 @@ static struct btrfs_delalloc_work *btrfs_alloc_delalloc_work(struct inode *inode
 	init_completion(&work->completion);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->list);
 	work->inode = inode;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!inode);
 	btrfs_init_work(&work->work, btrfs_flush_delalloc_helper,
 			btrfs_run_delalloc_work, NULL, NULL);