diff --git a/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c b/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c
index f35135e28e96..9a9fb94a41c6 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ static int shrink_tnc(struct ubifs_info *c, int nr, int age, int *contention)
 			freed = ubifs_destroy_tnc_subtree(znode);
 			atomic_long_sub(freed, &ubifs_clean_zn_cnt);
 			atomic_long_sub(freed, &c->clean_zn_cnt);
-			ubifs_assert(atomic_long_read(&c->clean_zn_cnt) >= 0);
 			total_freed += freed;
 			znode = zprev;
 		}