diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index 605246452305..d150a9082b31 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ static inline struct inode *folio_inode(struct folio *folio)
 
 static inline bool page_cache_add_speculative(struct page *page, int count)
 {
-	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageTail(page), page);
 	return folio_ref_try_add_rcu((struct folio *)page, count);
 }