diff --git a/net/rxrpc/conn_client.c b/net/rxrpc/conn_client.c
index 5a675c4..226bc91 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/conn_client.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/conn_client.c
@@ -721,7 +721,6 @@
 	}
 
 	ASSERTCMP(rcu_access_pointer(chan->call), ==, call);
-	ASSERTCMP(atomic_read(&conn->usage), >=, 2);
 
 	/* If a client call was exposed to the world, we save the result for
 	 * retransmission.