diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 58d31da8a2f7c..0afc016cc54d4 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -5528,9 +5528,7 @@ static int kvm_suspend(void)
 static void kvm_resume(void)
 {
 	if (kvm_usage_count) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
-		WARN_ON(lockdep_is_held(&kvm_count_lock));
-#endif
+		lockdep_assert_not_held(&kvm_count_lock);
 		hardware_enable_nolock(NULL);
 	}
 }