diff --git a/src/system/kernel/locks/lock.cpp b/src/system/kernel/locks/lock.cpp
index b501f567d3..5a910d2b98 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/locks/lock.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/locks/lock.cpp
@@ -512,7 +512,6 @@ _rw_lock_read_lock(rw_lock* lock)
 #if KDEBUG_RW_LOCK_DEBUG
 	int32 oldCount = atomic_add(&lock->count, 1);
 	if (oldCount < RW_LOCK_WRITER_COUNT_BASE) {
-		ASSERT_UNLOCKED_RW_LOCK(lock);
 		_rw_lock_set_read_locked(lock);
 		return B_OK;
 	}
@@ -526,8 +525,6 @@ _rw_lock_read_lock(rw_lock* lock)
 		return B_OK;
 	}
 
-	ASSERT_UNLOCKED_RW_LOCK(lock);
-
 	// The writer that originally had the lock when we called atomic_add() might
 	// already have gone and another writer could have overtaken us. In this
 	// case the original writer set pending_readers, so we know that we don't