diff --git a/drivers/staging/zcache/tmem.h b/drivers/staging/zcache/tmem.h
index ed147c4b110d..0d4aa82706b3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zcache/tmem.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/zcache/tmem.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #define ASSERT_INVERTED_SENTINEL(_x, _y) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
-#define ASSERT_SPINLOCK(_l)	WARN_ON(!spin_is_locked(_l))
+#define ASSERT_SPINLOCK(_l)	lockdep_assert_held(_l)
 
 /*
  * A pool is the highest-level data structure managed by tmem and