# Node ID ea6f1011ab07bafa16a2a4d7932c13377fb0ee8c
# Parent  d90ce6b66612cc075d0ef45c11cfe092aa249a4a
diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/iew_impl.hh b/src/cpu/o3/iew_impl.hh
--- a/src/cpu/o3/iew_impl.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/iew_impl.hh
@@ -835,10 +835,6 @@
 DefaultIEW<Impl>::sortInsts()
 {
     int insts_from_rename = fromRename->size;
-#ifdef DEBUG
-    for (ThreadID tid = 0; tid < numThreads; tid++)
-        assert(insts[tid].empty());
-#endif
     for (int i = 0; i < insts_from_rename; ++i) {
         insts[fromRename->insts[i]->threadNumber].push(fromRename->insts[i]);
     }