diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/tgsi/tgsi_exec.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/tgsi/tgsi_exec.c
index 6fcbf4f2123..298f3d0a8bb 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/tgsi/tgsi_exec.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/tgsi/tgsi_exec.c
@@ -651,7 +651,6 @@ tgsi_exec_machine_bind_shader(
 
    if (numSamplers) {
       assert(samplers);
-      assert(samplers[0]);
    }
 
    mach->Tokens = tokens;