diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_clear_blit.c b/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_clear_blit.c
index df12e609ac9..4a3f62ac133 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_clear_blit.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_clear_blit.c
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ etna_resource_copy_region(struct pipe_context *pctx, struct pipe_resource *dst,
 {
    struct etna_context *ctx = etna_context(pctx);
 
-   /* The resource must be of the same format. */
-   assert(src->format == dst->format);
-
    /* XXX we can use the RS as a literal copy engine here
     * the only complexity is tiling; the size of the boxes needs to be aligned
     * to the tile size