diff --git a/indra/newview/lldrawpoolbump.cpp b/indra/newview/lldrawpoolbump.cpp
index bbce847fdcbd74d2821f3fdbd86f82cbad6b3873..0a642f494bca3bd9bd479ef039d7e906f49e11f3 100644
--- a/indra/newview/lldrawpoolbump.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/lldrawpoolbump.cpp
@@ -646,8 +646,6 @@ BOOL LLDrawPoolBump::bindBumpMap(U8 bump_code, LLViewerTexture* texture, F32 vsi
 		break;
 	}
 
-	llassert(bump);
-
 	if (bump)
 	{
 		if (channel == -2)