diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_context.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_context.cpp
index 386c1ad67..374eaf091 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_context.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_context.cpp
@@ -938,7 +938,6 @@ void WrappedID3D11DeviceContext::ProcessChunk(uint64_t offset, D3D11ChunkType ch
 	else if(context->m_State == READING && chunk == POP_EVENT)
 	{
 		// refuse to pop off further than the root drawcall (mismatched begin/end events e.g.)
-		RDCASSERT(context->m_DrawcallStack.size() > 1);
 		if(context->m_DrawcallStack.size() > 1)
 			context->m_DrawcallStack.pop_back();
 	}