diff --git a/src/osdc/ObjectCacher.cc b/src/osdc/ObjectCacher.cc
index 156524142dc23..6d8f018d6bdfa 100644
--- a/src/osdc/ObjectCacher.cc
+++ b/src/osdc/ObjectCacher.cc
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ void ObjectCacher::trim()
       break;
 
     ldout(cct, 10) << "trim trimming " << *bh << dendl;
-    assert(bh->is_clean() || bh->is_zero());
+    assert(bh->is_clean() || bh->is_zero() || bh->is_error());
 
     Object *ob = bh->ob;
     bh_remove(ob, bh);