diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeIntegerTypes.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeIntegerTypes.cpp
index 3f8a463f67e..db45e44da93 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeIntegerTypes.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeIntegerTypes.cpp
@@ -969,8 +969,6 @@ SDValue DAGTypeLegalizer::PromoteIntOp_STORE(StoreSDNode *N, unsigned OpNo){
 
   SDValue Val = GetPromotedInteger(N->getValue());  // Get promoted value.
 
-  assert(!N->isTruncatingStore() && "Cannot promote this store operand!");
-
   // Truncate the value and store the result.
   return DAG.getTruncStore(Ch, Val, Ptr, N->getSrcValue(),
                            SVOffset, N->getMemoryVT(),