diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_lock.c b/sys/kern/kern_lock.c
index d1d591688fe..f5bb326fac8 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_lock.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_lock.c
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ debuglockmgr(lkp, flags, interlkp, p, name, file, line)
 
 	mtx_lock(lkp->lk_interlock);
 	if (flags & LK_INTERLOCK) {
+		mtx_assert(interlkp, MA_OWNED | MA_NOTRECURSED);
 		mtx_unlock(interlkp);
-		mtx_assert(interlkp, MA_NOTOWNED);
 	}
 
 	extflags = (flags | lkp->lk_flags) & LK_EXTFLG_MASK;