diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/cl_io.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/cl_io.c
index ab84e011b560..fcdae6029258 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/cl_io.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/cl_io.c
@@ -599,7 +599,6 @@ int cl_io_read_ahead(const struct lu_env *env, struct cl_io *io,
 	int		       result = 0;
 
 	LINVRNT(io->ci_type == CIT_READ || io->ci_type == CIT_FAULT);
-	LINVRNT(io->ci_state == CIS_IO_GOING || io->ci_state == CIS_LOCKED);
 	LINVRNT(cl_io_invariant(io));
 
 	cl_io_for_each(scan, io) {