diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index c90b4b2f2abde9377529e77cf33a5c8c2a53ed66..4a21b0f8491c4a6dda5925d5992de6a9c68c58c0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -802,7 +802,6 @@ static struct kvm_mmu_page *kvm_mmu_alloc_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	set_page_private(virt_to_page(sp->spt), (unsigned long)sp);
 	list_add(&sp->link, &vcpu->kvm->arch.active_mmu_pages);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sp->oos_link);
-	ASSERT(is_empty_shadow_page(sp->spt));
 	bitmap_zero(sp->slot_bitmap, KVM_MEMORY_SLOTS + KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS);
 	sp->multimapped = 0;
 	sp->parent_pte = parent_pte;