diff --git a/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c b/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c
index 01362ad5f804..efd52cc53436 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c
@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ static int get_znodes_to_commit(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		znode->alt = 0;
 		cnext = find_next_dirty(znode);
 		if (!cnext) {
+			ubifs_assert(c, !znode->parent);
+			znode->cparent = NULL;
 			znode->cnext = c->cnext;
 			break;
 		}