diff --git a/src/index/base.cpp b/src/index/base.cpp
index fdd0e0d8af2..dd35f2bd09b 100644
--- a/src/index/base.cpp
+++ b/src/index/base.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ bool BaseIndex::Commit()
 
 bool BaseIndex::Rewind(const CBlockIndex* current_tip, const CBlockIndex* new_tip)
 {
-    assert(current_tip == m_best_block_index);
     assert(current_tip->GetAncestor(new_tip->nHeight) == new_tip);
 
     CBlock block;