diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/methodDataOop.hpp b/src/share/vm/oops/methodDataOop.hpp
index 9c19f9b3a70081d9e5bcb6e3eba260263a16b5f2..ab84e5e0e401c18b8de0e7a06975a28a627550fb 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/methodDataOop.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/methodDataOop.hpp
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ public:
     assert(ProfileTraps, "used only under +ProfileTraps");
     uint old_flags = (_header._struct._flags & flag_mask);
     _header._struct._flags = (new_state << trap_shift) | old_flags;
-    assert(trap_state() == new_state, "sanity");
   }
 
   u1 flags() {