diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/thread_context_impl.hh b/src/cpu/o3/thread_context_impl.hh
index 005aa57166..bea4dc7840 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/thread_context_impl.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/thread_context_impl.hh
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ template <class Impl>
 void
 O3ThreadContext<Impl>::setHtmCheckpointPtr(BaseHTMCheckpointPtr new_cpt)
 {
-    assert(!thread->htmCheckpoint->valid());
     thread->htmCheckpoint = std::move(new_cpt);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple_thread.cc b/src/cpu/simple_thread.cc
index 28a1c80692..b9b69d89ec 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple_thread.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple_thread.cc
@@ -196,6 +196,5 @@ SimpleThread::getHtmCheckpointPtr()
 void
 SimpleThread::setHtmCheckpointPtr(BaseHTMCheckpointPtr new_cpt)
 {
-    assert(!_htmCheckpoint->valid());
     _htmCheckpoint = std::move(new_cpt);
 }