diff --git a/src/mesa/main/formats.c b/src/mesa/main/formats.c
index cd9eb81852f..42f70ca232b 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/formats.c
+++ b/src/mesa/main/formats.c
@@ -863,7 +863,6 @@ const char *
 _mesa_get_format_name(gl_format format)
 {
    const struct gl_format_info *info = _mesa_get_format_info(format);
-   ASSERT(info->BytesPerBlock);
    return info->StrName;
 }