diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
index 211a68e41ab..c40fe47c8a4 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
@@ -1772,7 +1772,6 @@ _bt_killitems(IndexScanDesc scan)
 		buf = _bt_getbuf(scan->indexRelation, so->currPos.currPage, BT_READ);
 
 		latestlsn = BufferGetLSNAtomic(buf);
-		Assert(!XLogRecPtrIsInvalid(so->currPos.lsn));
 		Assert(so->currPos.lsn <= latestlsn);
 		if (so->currPos.lsn != latestlsn)
 		{