diff -r 7d60c819e420 -r 2005ff5738c5 src/cpu/o3/decode_impl.hh
--- a/src/cpu/o3/decode_impl.hh	Fri Dec 16 15:30:47 2011 -0600
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/decode_impl.hh	Fri Dec 16 15:31:02 2011 -0600
@@ -447,10 +447,6 @@
 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]);
     }
diff -r 7d60c819e420 -r 2005ff5738c5 src/cpu/o3/rename_impl.hh
--- a/src/cpu/o3/rename_impl.hh	Fri Dec 16 15:30:47 2011 -0600
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/rename_impl.hh	Fri Dec 16 15:31:02 2011 -0600
@@ -767,10 +767,6 @@
 DefaultRename<Impl>::sortInsts()
 {
     int insts_from_decode = fromDecode->size;
-#ifdef DEBUG
-    for (ThreadID tid = 0; tid < numThreads; tid++)
-        assert(insts[tid].empty());
-#endif
     for (int i = 0; i < insts_from_decode; ++i) {
         DynInstPtr inst = fromDecode->insts[i];
         insts[inst->threadNumber].push_back(inst);