diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIInstrInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIInstrInfo.cpp
index 41885e45b4101..5859c9def84db 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIInstrInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIInstrInfo.cpp
@@ -2905,7 +2905,6 @@ void SIInstrInfo::insertIndirectBranch(MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
                                        MachineBasicBlock &RestoreBB,
                                        const DebugLoc &DL, int64_t BrOffset,
                                        RegScavenger *RS) const {
-  assert(RS && "RegScavenger required for long branching");
   assert(MBB.empty() &&
          "new block should be inserted for expanding unconditional branch");
   assert(MBB.pred_size() == 1);