diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index d8ab9c5a8b7d..6b4fee5c79f9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -4394,7 +4394,6 @@ void btrfs_cleanup_one_transaction(struct btrfs_transaction *cur_trans,
 	wake_up(&fs_info->transaction_wait);
 
 	btrfs_destroy_delayed_inodes(fs_info);
-	btrfs_assert_delayed_root_empty(fs_info);
 
 	btrfs_destroy_marked_extents(fs_info, &cur_trans->dirty_pages,
 				     EXTENT_DIRTY);