diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index 3cb8423c2065..41ee88633769 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -1262,7 +1262,6 @@ static int __reserve_metadata_bytes(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	 * the list and we will do our own flushing further down.
 	 */
 	if (ret && flush != BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH) {
-		ASSERT(space_info->reclaim_size >= 0);
 		ticket.bytes = orig_bytes;
 		ticket.error = 0;
 		space_info->reclaim_size += ticket.bytes;