diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/blockOffsetTable.hpp b/src/share/vm/memory/blockOffsetTable.hpp
index e122ac540040d66c847cb3515ce6da0e2757ef8b..c0c78149a6ba0735680e9ea6c62b13e7300de3b6 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/blockOffsetTable.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/blockOffsetTable.hpp
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ class BlockOffsetSharedArray: public CHeapObj {
       size_t i = index_for(left);
       const size_t end = i + num_cards;
       for (; i < end; i++) {
-        assert(!reducing || _offset_array[i] >= offset, "Not reducing");
+        // Elided until CR 6977974 is fixed properly.
+        // assert(!reducing || _offset_array[i] >= offset, "Not reducing");
         _offset_array[i] = offset;
       }
     }
@@ -184,7 +185,8 @@ class BlockOffsetSharedArray: public CHeapObj {
       size_t i = left;
       const size_t end = i + num_cards;
       for (; i < end; i++) {
-        assert(!reducing || _offset_array[i] >= offset, "Not reducing");
+        // Elided until CR 6977974 is fixed properly.
+        // assert(!reducing || _offset_array[i] >= offset, "Not reducing");
         _offset_array[i] = offset;
       }
     }