diff --git a/module/zfs/dnode.c b/module/zfs/dnode.c
index 850dd5816b..535f5408f8 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dnode.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dnode.c
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ dnode_verify(dnode_t *dn)
 	}
 	if (dn->dn_phys->dn_type != DMU_OT_NONE || dn->dn_allocated_txg != 0) {
 		int i;
-		ASSERT3U(dn->dn_indblkshift, >=, 0);
 		ASSERT3U(dn->dn_indblkshift, <=, SPA_MAXBLOCKSHIFT);
 		if (dn->dn_datablkshift) {
 			ASSERT3U(dn->dn_datablkshift, >=, SPA_MINBLOCKSHIFT);