diff -r f813b6a63d58 -r 8aa7fef3a28f src/cpu/o3/decode_impl.hh
--- a/src/cpu/o3/decode_impl.hh	Mon Jul 11 04:47:46 2011 -0700
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/decode_impl.hh	Mon Jul 11 04:48:24 2011 -0700
@@ -446,10 +446,6 @@
 DefaultDecode<Impl>::sortInsts()
 {
     int insts_from_fetch = fromFetch->size;
-#ifdef DEBUG
-    for (ThreadID tid = 0; tid < numThreads; tid++)
-        assert(insts[tid].empty());
-#endif
     for (int i = 0; i < insts_from_fetch; ++i) {
         insts[fromFetch->insts[i]->threadNumber].push(fromFetch->insts[i]);
     }