diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 5496f126826..fdcd09bc5eb 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -8565,7 +8565,6 @@ ATExecSetStatistics(Relation rel, const char *colName, int16 colNum, Node *newVa
 
 	if (newValue)
 	{
-		Assert(IsA(newValue, Integer));
 		newtarget = intVal(newValue);
 	}
 	else