diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 5a16423a512c..ae8f708e3d75 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2498,7 +2498,6 @@ static int hugetlb_cow(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		if (outside_reserve) {
 			BUG_ON(huge_pte_none(pte));
 			if (unmap_ref_private(mm, vma, old_page, address)) {
-				BUG_ON(page_count(old_page) != 1);
 				BUG_ON(huge_pte_none(pte));
 				spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 				ptep = huge_pte_offset(mm, address & huge_page_mask(h));