diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index fc5443226675..83d576f6a287 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -1635,7 +1635,6 @@ int ocfs2_create_new_inode_locks(struct inode *inode)
 	int ret;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
-	BUG_ON(!inode);
 	BUG_ON(!ocfs2_inode_is_new(inode));
 
 	mlog(0, "Inode %llu\n", (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
@@ -1678,8 +1677,6 @@ int ocfs2_rw_lock(struct inode *inode, int write)
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
-	BUG_ON(!inode);
-
 	mlog(0, "inode %llu take %s RW lock\n",
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
 	     write ? "EXMODE" : "PRMODE");
@@ -1722,8 +1719,6 @@ int ocfs2_open_lock(struct inode *inode)
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
-	BUG_ON(!inode);
-
 	mlog(0, "inode %llu take PRMODE open lock\n",
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
 
@@ -1747,8 +1742,6 @@ int ocfs2_try_open_lock(struct inode *inode, int write)
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
-	BUG_ON(!inode);
-
 	mlog(0, "inode %llu try to take %s open lock\n",
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
 	     write ? "EXMODE" : "PRMODE");
@@ -2326,8 +2319,6 @@ int ocfs2_inode_lock_full_nested(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct buffer_head *local_bh = NULL;
 
-	BUG_ON(!inode);
-
 	mlog(0, "inode %llu, take %s META lock\n",
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
 	     ex ? "EXMODE" : "PRMODE");