diff --git a/fs/lockd/mon.c b/fs/lockd/mon.c
index 3d7e09b..3c2cfc6 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/mon.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/mon.c
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@
 		.rpc_resp	= res,
 	};
 
-	BUG_ON(clnt == NULL);
-
 	memset(res, 0, sizeof(*res));
 
 	msg.rpc_proc = &clnt->cl_procinfo[proc];
@@ -466,7 +464,6 @@
 	const u32 len = strlen(string);
 	__be32 *p;
 
-	BUG_ON(len > SM_MAXSTRLEN);
 	p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, 4 + len);
 	xdr_encode_opaque(p, string, len);
 }