diff --git a/src/share/vm/jfr/support/jfrFlush.cpp b/src/share/vm/jfr/support/jfrFlush.cpp
index ab5e289a17484b8dfb4f41461e0c6f71e9fd00ef..3f1402fc4b111d87a0dda9d261b379ecb5626bc6 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/jfr/support/jfrFlush.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/jfr/support/jfrFlush.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ bool jfr_has_stacktrace_enabled(JfrEventId id) {
 }
 
 void jfr_conditional_flush(JfrEventId id, size_t size, Thread* t) {
-  assert(jfr_is_event_enabled(id), "invariant");
   if (t->jfr_thread_local()->has_native_buffer()) {
     JfrStorage::Buffer* const buffer = t->jfr_thread_local()->native_buffer();
     if (LessThanSize<JfrStorage::Buffer>::evaluate(buffer, size)) {