diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7228e8e14554..b7dcb4a120cb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1bb4b7f98f361132ea322834515334d95b93c184
+refs/heads/master: dcfae32f892f03dee9896b19d1960c1ecd3f0583
diff --git a/trunk/fs/fscache/operation.c b/trunk/fs/fscache/operation.c
index 6935901bce38..318071aca217 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/fscache/operation.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/fscache/operation.c
@@ -260,15 +260,14 @@ void fscache_abort_object(struct fscache_object *object)
 }
 
 /*
- * jump start the operation processing on an object
+ * Jump start the operation processing on an object.  The caller must hold
+ * object->lock.
  */
 void fscache_start_operations(struct fscache_object *object)
 {
 	struct fscache_operation *op;
 	bool stop = false;
 
-	ASSERT(spin_is_locked(&object->lock));
-
 	while (!list_empty(&object->pending_ops) && !stop) {
 		op = list_entry(object->pending_ops.next,
 				struct fscache_operation, pend_link);