diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 6b4a558..8591bc8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1718,7 +1718,6 @@ int ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		next = ext4_ext_next_leaf_block(path);
 	if (next != EXT_MAX_BLOCKS) {
 		ext_debug("next leaf block - %u\n", next);
-		BUG_ON(npath != NULL);
 		npath = ext4_ext_find_extent(inode, next, NULL);
 		if (IS_ERR(npath))
 			return PTR_ERR(npath);