diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index 6081a10d34161098706928a6e97a5b604310f280..45e7f0ac4b04be579a50db8e21e821894c6c7191 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -402,17 +402,7 @@ void flush_thread(void)
 
 void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
 {
-	if (dead_task->mm) {
-		// temporary debugging check
-		if (dead_task->mm->context.size) {
-			printk("WARNING: dead process %8s still has LDT? <%p/%d>\n",
-					dead_task->comm,
-					dead_task->mm->context.ldt,
-					dead_task->mm->context.size);
-			BUG();
-		}
-	}
-
+	BUG_ON(dead_task->mm);
 	release_vm86_irqs(dead_task);
 }