diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
index 4f53159bdb9d..ae8a5139e0ee 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ int btrfs_lookup_csums_range(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 start, u64 end,
 	u64 csum_end;
 	u16 csum_size = btrfs_super_csum_size(root->fs_info->super_copy);
 
+	ASSERT(start == ALIGN(start, root->sectorsize) &&
+	       (end + 1) == ALIGN(end + 1, root->sectorsize));
+
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;