diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
index 183ec0cb8921..dee85b0f8846 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ xfs_init_local_fork(
 	}
 
 	ifp->if_bytes = size;
-	ifp->if_real_bytes = real_size;
 	ifp->if_flags &= ~(XFS_IFEXTENTS | XFS_IFBROOT);
 	ifp->if_flags |= XFS_IFINLINE;
 }
@@ -226,7 +225,6 @@ xfs_iformat_extents(
 		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	}
 
-	ifp->if_real_bytes = 0;
 	ifp->if_bytes = 0;
 	ifp->if_u1.if_root = NULL;
 	ifp->if_height = 0;
@@ -317,7 +315,6 @@ xfs_iformat_btree(
 	ifp->if_flags &= ~XFS_IFEXTENTS;
 	ifp->if_flags |= XFS_IFBROOT;
 
-	ifp->if_real_bytes = 0;
 	ifp->if_bytes = 0;
 	ifp->if_u1.if_root = NULL;
 	ifp->if_height = 0;
@@ -501,7 +498,6 @@ xfs_idata_realloc(
 		 */
 		real_size = roundup(new_size, 4);
 		if (ifp->if_u1.if_data == NULL) {
-			ASSERT(ifp->if_real_bytes == 0);
 			ifp->if_u1.if_data = kmem_alloc(real_size,
 							KM_SLEEP | KM_NOFS);
 		} else {
@@ -509,15 +505,12 @@ xfs_idata_realloc(
 			 * Only do the realloc if the underlying size
 			 * is really changing.
 			 */
-			if (ifp->if_real_bytes != real_size) {
-				ifp->if_u1.if_data =
-					kmem_realloc(ifp->if_u1.if_data,
-							real_size,
-							KM_SLEEP | KM_NOFS);
-			}
+			ifp->if_u1.if_data =
+				kmem_realloc(ifp->if_u1.if_data,
+						real_size,
+						KM_SLEEP | KM_NOFS);
 		}
 	}
-	ifp->if_real_bytes = real_size;
 	ifp->if_bytes = new_size;
 	ASSERT(ifp->if_bytes <= XFS_IFORK_SIZE(ip, whichfork));
 }
@@ -543,17 +536,13 @@ xfs_idestroy_fork(
 	 */
 	if (XFS_IFORK_FORMAT(ip, whichfork) == XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL) {
 		if (ifp->if_u1.if_data != NULL) {
-			ASSERT(ifp->if_real_bytes != 0);
 			kmem_free(ifp->if_u1.if_data);
 			ifp->if_u1.if_data = NULL;
-			ifp->if_real_bytes = 0;
 		}
 	} else if ((ifp->if_flags & XFS_IFEXTENTS) && ifp->if_height) {
 		xfs_iext_destroy(ifp);
 	}
 
-	ASSERT(ifp->if_real_bytes == 0);
-
 	if (whichfork == XFS_ATTR_FORK) {
 		kmem_zone_free(xfs_ifork_zone, ip->i_afp);
 		ip->i_afp = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h
index 781b1603df5e..46242052aad0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ struct xfs_dinode;
  */
 typedef struct xfs_ifork {
 	int			if_bytes;	/* bytes in if_u1 */
-	int			if_real_bytes;	/* bytes allocated in if_u1 */
 	struct xfs_btree_block	*if_broot;	/* file's incore btree root */
 	short			if_broot_bytes;	/* bytes allocated for root */
 	unsigned char		if_flags;	/* per-fork flags */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 7b2694d3901a..d6cd545f5d1d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ xfs_ialloc(
 	case S_IFLNK:
 		ip->i_d.di_format = XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS;
 		ip->i_df.if_flags = XFS_IFEXTENTS;
-		ip->i_df.if_bytes = ip->i_df.if_real_bytes = 0;
+		ip->i_df.if_bytes = 0;
 		ip->i_df.if_u1.if_root = NULL;
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -1872,7 +1872,6 @@ xfs_inactive(
 	 * to clean up here.
 	 */
 	if (VFS_I(ip)->i_mode == 0) {
-		ASSERT(ip->i_df.if_real_bytes == 0);
 		ASSERT(ip->i_df.if_broot_bytes == 0);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index 2389c34c172d..fa1c4fe2ffbf 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ xfs_inode_item_format_data_fork(
 			 * to be there by xfs_idata_realloc().
 			 */
 			data_bytes = roundup(ip->i_df.if_bytes, 4);
-			ASSERT(ip->i_df.if_real_bytes == 0 ||
-			       ip->i_df.if_real_bytes >= data_bytes);
 			ASSERT(ip->i_df.if_u1.if_data != NULL);
 			ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_size > 0);
 			xlog_copy_iovec(lv, vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_ILOCAL,
@@ -280,8 +278,6 @@ xfs_inode_item_format_attr_fork(
 			 * to be there by xfs_idata_realloc().
 			 */
 			data_bytes = roundup(ip->i_afp->if_bytes, 4);
-			ASSERT(ip->i_afp->if_real_bytes == 0 ||
-			       ip->i_afp->if_real_bytes >= data_bytes);
 			ASSERT(ip->i_afp->if_u1.if_data != NULL);
 			xlog_copy_iovec(lv, vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_IATTR_LOCAL,
 					ip->i_afp->if_u1.if_data,
