diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 49c80e4ac5ac..56ebd662033b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3788,6 +3788,13 @@ void ext4_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	loff_t page_len;
 
+	/*
+	 * There is a possibility that we're either freeing the inode
+	 * or it completely new indode. In those cases we might not
+	 * have i_mutex locked because it's not necessary.
+	 */
+	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_NEW|I_FREEING)))
+		WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&inode->i_mutex));
 	trace_ext4_truncate_enter(inode);
 
 	if (!ext4_can_truncate(inode))