diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index ae2db5eb15499..091e5bc8c7ea9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -7083,12 +7083,6 @@ long btrfs_ioctl_send(struct file *mnt_file, struct btrfs_ioctl_send_args *arg)
 	send_root->send_in_progress++;
 	spin_unlock(&send_root->root_item_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * This is done when we lookup the root, it should already be complete
-	 * by the time we get here.
-	 */
-	WARN_ON(send_root->orphan_cleanup_state != ORPHAN_CLEANUP_DONE);
-
 	/*
 	 * Userspace tools do the checks and warn the user if it's
 	 * not RO.