diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h b/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
index b51cd819c5..988d5a9e1b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
@@ -672,7 +672,6 @@ void QVector<T>::realloc(int aalloc, QArrayData::AllocationOptions options)
     Data *x = d;
 
     const bool isShared = d->ref.isShared();
-    Q_ASSERT(aalloc != int(d->alloc) || isShared);
 
     QT_TRY {
         // allocate memory